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Informed Consent
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Expert Institute Insights
Doctor Fails to Disclose Financial Relationship With Medical Device Used in Spinal Surgery
Case Overview Case Name: Brenda Kitrosser v. William R. Taylor, M.D.; Judd Laraway, P.A.; The Regents of the University of California; and NuVasive, Inc., No. 37-2009-00099700-CU-MM-CTL Case Type: Negligence Per…
Drug & Device Law
FDCA-Based Negligence Per Se & Informed Consent Don’t Mix
By Bexis
Summary judgment was affirmed in Vesoulis v. ReShape LifeSciences, Inc., 2022 WL 989465 (5th Cir. April 1, 2022), although the recent troubling trend towards non-precedential defense wins but precedential defense…
UK Human Rights Blog
New LawPod UK Episode: A Duty To Offer Alternatives? With John Whitting QC
In Episode 165 John Whitting QC speaks to Emma-Louise Fenelon about informed consent. The episode discusses the following cases: Montgomery -v- Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] 1 AC 1430 Duce v Worcestershire…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Dentist not required to disclose low risk of chronic pain from root canal: B.C. Court of Appeal
Risk of nerve-related pain extremely low, cannot be meaningfully quantified
Health Law Prof Blog
How the Mantra of Informed Consent in the Canadian Assisted Dying Debate Obscures Somatic Oppression
Trudo Lemmens (University of Toronto), How the Mantra of Informed Consent in the Canadian Assisted Dying Debate Obscures Somatic Oppression, 52 U.B.C. L. Rev. 241 (2020):This JOTWELL contribution reviews Jonas-Sébastien…
Health Law Prof Blog
How the Mantra of Informed Consent in the Canadian Assisted Dying Debate Obscures Somatic Oppression
Trudo Lemmens (University of Toronto), How the Mantra of Informed Consent in the Canadian Assisted Dying Debate Obscures Somatic Oppression, 52 U.B.C. L. Rev. 241 (2020):This JOTWELL contribution reviews Jonas-Sébastien…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Goldilocks Conundrum: Disclosing Discrimination Risks in Informed Consent
Anya Prince (University of Iowa), Sonia M. Suter (George Washington University), Wendy Uhlmann (University of Michigan), Aaron Scherer (University of Iowa), The Goldilocks Conundrum: Disclosing Discrimination Risks in Informed Consent,…
Law Times News
Ontario court affirms decision finding schizophrenic patient incapable of giving informed consent
Patient failed to appreciate manifestations of his mental condition: court
Pharmacy & Healthcare Legal Blog
Ivermectin controversy continues
While we are facing less issues in Covid-related prescribing and dispensing, the controversy around ivermectin continues. In my blog post "Risk of dispensing ivermectin," I stressed the importance of obtaining…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
NAPW Issues Rinat Dray Call to Action Involving Obstetric Violence
By Jamie Abrams
The National Advocates for Pregnant Women, in partnership with other birthing justice advocacy organizations, has issued a call to action seeking justice for Rinat Dray. Here is their summary of…