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Informed Consent
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Health Law Prof Blog
Elyn R. Saks: “Informed Consent to Psychoanalysis: The Law, the Theory, and the Data”
Elyn R. Saks posted "Informed Consent to Psychoanalysis: The Law, the Theory, and the Data" on SSRN:To describe our project briefly, we explore the issue of informed consent to psychoanalysis.…
Inside Privacy
UK Information Commissioner Issues (Vague) Warning on Cookies
By Mark Young
Since the 2009 amendments to Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) regarding cookies and consent, there has been considerable debate over what web sites and ad networks must do in order to deploy…
Health Industry Washington Watch
FDA Updates Informed Consent Regulations to Require Statement on Government Databank Disclosure
This post was written by Paul Sheives. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that will require that informed consent documents associated with clinical trials include a…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Kentucky Senate Passes Abortion Bill Requiring Ultrasound Image and “Informed Consent”
The Courier-Journal: Kentucky Senate passes informed consent abortion bill, by Tom Loftus: The Kentucky Senate passed a bill Thursday that requires a woman seeking an abortion to be shown an…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Judge Finds that Planned Parenthood Breached its Duty to Hold Informed Consent Meeting Before Minor’s Abortion
Cincinnati Enquirer: Judge rules against abortion provider, by Kimball Perry:The St. Bernard girl who sued Planned Parenthood after it gave her an abortion - when she was 14 - without…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Op-Ed Criticizes So-Called “Right to Know” Abortion Laws
The Washington Post op-ed: The big lie about abortion and mental health, by Brenda Major:The latest war on abortion is being fought less over women's bodies than over their minds. In the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Missouri Law Requires Abortion Providers to Hand Their Patients Brochures Declaring that Life Begins at Conception
STLtoday.com: New Mo. abortion law counters some philosophy, theology, by Tim Townsend: It's a question that has perplexed philosophers, theologians and scientists for thousands of years.Pythagorean Greeks, early Christian church…
Cam Law
Is an online telemedicine or telehealth service legal?
Recently our law office has exploded with calls about the legal issues surrounding new online telemedicine or telehealth services. Is an online telemedicine or telehealth service legal? The answer, of…
The Faculty Lounge
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
For anyone teaching - or interested in - bioethics, property rights in human tissue etc, I can recommend The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which I've just read on recommendation…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Malpractice Lawsuit against New York Podiatrist Results in $3,000,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict for College Student; Trial Judge Orders Reduction to $1,000,000
On July 29, 2002, then 16 year old Jennifer Gillette underwent a procedure by podiatrist Greg Atlas in which a wart was removed from the side of her left heel.…