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Informed Consent
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Cook and Dickens on Types of Consent in Reproductive Health Care
Rebecca J. Cook (University of Toronto) and Bernard M. Dickens (University of Toronto) have posted Types of Consent in Reproductive Health Care on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Healthcare providers require prior consent to treat patients.…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Assistant Professor Marc D. Ginsberg: Informed Consent
The law of informed consent has been the subject of scholarship for many years, and with good reason. Informed consent is central to the physician-patient relationship, emphasizing patient autonomy. The…
TortsProf Blog
PA: Justices Urged to Ban Informed Consent Forms from Strict Med Mal Trials
On Tuesday in Harrisburg, the justices heard arguments over whether informed consent forms should ever be admissible in strict med mal cases (those without allegations of informed consent violations). Plaintiff's…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Assistant Professor Marc D. Ginsberg: Enforceability of Voluntary Binding Arbitration of Medical Negligence Claims
Is a physician entitled to condition medical treatment upon the patient’s “agreement” to submit future medical negligence claims to arbitration and waive the right to a jury trial? Is such…
Health Law Prof Blog
Published This Week
Ariel Porat, Omri Yadlin, Valuable Lies, SSRN.José Miola, Dr. Roy Gilbar, One Size Fits All? On Patient Autonomy, Informed Consent and the Impact of Culture, SSRN.Krish Muralidhar, Rathindra Sarathy, Han…
The Faculty Lounge
Facebook Announces New Research Policies
A WSJ reporter just tipped me off to this news release by Facebook regarding the changes it has made in its research practices in response to public outrage about its…
Health Care and Life Sciences
FDA Releases Draft Guidance: Informed Consent Process for Clinical Trials
On July 15, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") released draft guidance that provides extensive commentary on FDA's current thinking regarding the clinical trial informed consent process. Once finalized,…
Louisiana Law Blog
Louisiana Second Circuit Holds that Routine Nonsurgical Medical Treatment Does Not Require Compliance with the Louisiana Uniform Consent Law
William McDougald et al. v. St. Francis North Hospital Inc. No. 48,955 (La. App. 2nd Cir. April 9, 2014) 137 So.3d 1233 writ denied 2014-0815 (La. 6/3/14), 140 So.3d 1191.…
ContractsProf Blog
Introducing the Virtual Symposium on “More That You Wanted to Know”
We begin our upcoming virtual symposium with this introduction provided by the authors of the book that we are subjecting to strict scrutiny, Omri Ben-Shahar and Carl E. Schneider. MORE THAN…
Drug & Device Law
Recent Development Highlighting The Off-Label Paradox
By Bexis
We’ve blogged a number of times about the illogical, and often downright counterproductive, nature of the FDA’s position that regulated manufacturers are generally banned from providing the medical community (or…