The main purpose of this paper (1) is to draw attention to a gap between the principles of Common Law and the principles accepted by many leading medical practitioners on the ethics of allowing severely handicapped infants to die. The Common Law principles are shown in Court of Appeal judgements on two cases. The contrasting principles of many paediatricians were illustrated at the trial of Dr ...

THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARISE ON THE BASIS OF MEDICAL ERRORS: a) Disciplinary (Punishment of the competent Association for restriction or revocation of the license); b) Civil liability (compensation); c) Criminal responsibility (protection of individual interests to protect the interests of the society); d) Violation (fine for minor damage) To increase the number of crimin...

referring to nonmilitary emergency medical services (EMS) that have been modified for the realities of the tactical environment and is emerging as a new subspecialty with nationwide application in prehospital care. 1 It can be defined as the spectrum of services necessary to establish and maintain the health, welfare, and safety of special operations law enforcement providers, and refers to " t...

This paper estimated the effects of tort law and insurer investment returns on physician malpractice insurance premiums. Data were collected on tort law from 1991 through 2004, and multivariate regression models, including fixed effects for state and year, were used to estimate the effect of changes in tort law on medical malpractice premiums. The premium consequences of national policy changes...

OBJECTIVE The effective education method of medico-jurisprudence for medical students is unclear. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) model teaching medico-jurisprudence in clinical setting on General Law Knowledge (GLK) for medical students. MATERIALS AND METHODS Senior medical students attending either campus-based law curriculum or Obstetric...

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are perceived as a path to significant improvement in healthcare, and patient privacy is an important consideration in the adoption of EHRs. Medical record segmentation is a technique to provide privacy and protect against discrimination for certain medical conditions such as STDs, substance abuse and mental health, by sequestering or redacting certain medical c...