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Informed Consent
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Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Leslie Francis – Approving Research with Large Sets of Patient Data: the Puzzling Use of Paradigms from Contract Law
As a long-term IRB member at my institution, I have observed many IRB members stumble over a perplexing word in the Federal Regulations governing research with human subjects: “practicably.” According…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Professor Thaddeus Pope: Wisconsin’s Informed Consent Law: Restatement or Expansion?
Michigan is considering a medical malpractice reform bill that would make healthcare providers not liable in an action alleging medical malpractice, so long as the provider’s conduct at issue constituted…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Legislation introduced to require informed consent to administer antipsychotics to dementia patients
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Richard Blumenthal (D- Conn.) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) have introduced introducing an amendment to S. 3187, the Food and Drug AdministrationSafety and Innovation Act, that would…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NYT Analysis of Political Framing of Ultrasound Mandates
The New York Times: Ultrasound: A Pawn in the Abortion Wars, by Erik Eckholm:“INFORMED consent.” It sounds so reasonable.That’s the stated goal of legislation being considered in Virginia that would…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Virginia House Approves Modified Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Bill
The Huffington Post: Virginia Ultrasound Bill Passes In House, by Laura Bassett:The Virginia House of Delegates passed on Wednesday a revised version of a GOP-sponsored informed consent bill that would…
Health Industry Washington Watch
FDA Issues Guidance on New Informed Consent Requirements
This post was written by Erin A. Janssen. FDA has issued guidance in the form of a Small Entity Compliance Guide entitled “Questions and Answers on Informed Consent Elements, 21…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Pamela Laufer-Ukeles on Reproductive Choices and Informed Consent
Pamela Laufer-Ukeles (University of Dayton - School of Law) has posted Reproductive Choices and Informed Consent: Fetal Interests, Women's Identity and Relational Autonomy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction of Texas Abortion Statute
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit Edith Jones, well known for her conservative affiliations, authored the panel opinion for the Fifth Circuit vacating a preliminary injunction of Texas HB 15, an…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: The Necessity of Expert Testimony in an Informed Consent Claim. White v. Leimbach.
On December 8, 2011 the Supreme Court of Ohio issued an opinion laying out when expert testimony is needed in a medical claim based on lack of informed consent. The…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Nadia Sawicki on Abortion “Informed Consent” Debate
Nadia N. Sawicki (Loyola-Chicago School of Law, Beazley Institute for Health Law & Policy) has posted The Abortion Informed Consent Debate: More Light, Less Heat on SSRN. Here is the…