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Informed Consent
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Health Law Prof Blog
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Sylvester C. Chima, Evaluating the Quality of Informed Consent and Contemporary Clinical Practices by Medical Doctors in South Africa: An Empirical Study, 14 BMC Medical Ethics 1 2013.Richard F. Storrow,…
Family Law Prof Blog
Light Regulation of Donation Process
By Family Law
From Naomi Cahn & Jennifer Collins, writing for Virtual Mentor of the American Medical Association:Jessica saw the ads on her college campus: egg donor wanted, high SAT scores, willing to…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Should We Know Our Life Expectancy?
A new debate is emerging on whether doctors should tell patients their likely life expectancy.A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine claims doctors need to raise the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Scott Gaylord and Thomas Molony on Casey and Ultrasound Mandates
Scott W. Gaylord & Thomas J. Molony (both of Elon Law) have published Casey and a Woman's Right to Know: Ultrasounds, Informed Consent, and the First Amendment in the Connecticut Law Review. Here is…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
State Laws Are Calling for Anti-Abortion Material to be Showcased on State Websites
LincolnJournal Star: Anti-abortiongroup wants ultrasound images on state website, by Kevin O’Hanlon: Ananti-abortion group wants Nebraska lawmakers to pass legislation that requiresfour-dimensional ultrasound images of human fetuses to be posted on…
TortsProf Blog
Culhane et al. on Informed Consent
John Culhane (Widener), King-Jean Wu (National Taiwan University), Oluyomi Faparusi (Widener), and Eric Juray (Widener) have posted to SSRN Toward a Mature Doctrine of Informed Consent: Lessons from a Comparative…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Analyses of Eighth Circuit Decision Upholding S.D. Abortion Law
Here are two excellent analyses of the Eighth Circuit's recent, disturbing en banc opinion upholding the suicide-risk notification provision of South Dakota's so-called "informed consent" abortion law:Balkinization: Anything Goes: Compelled…
West Australian Medical Negligence Law Blog
Wallace v Kam: a landmark case on failure to warn of possible surgical risk
The NSW Court of Appeal, on 13 April 2012 handed down its decision in relation to Mr Wallace's claim against neurosurgeon Dr Kam. The case sought to challenge the accepted…
West Australian Medical Negligence Law Blog
Jordan v Lee – neurosurgery case dismissed
This much anticipated decision was delivered by Judge Goetze on 25 May 2012. As widely expected, Judge Goetze found in neurosurgeon Michael Lee (and paediatric oncologist Dr Baker's favour) and…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Sherry Colb on Texas Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Mandate: Part II
Verdict: Some Reflections on the Texas Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Law, a Year After Its Passage:Part Two in a Two-Part Series of Columns, by Sherry F. Colb:In Part One of this two-part series of…