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Informed Consent
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Tort Talk
Informed Consent Claim Dismissed Due to Lack of Expert Testimony
In the case of Bilinski v. Wills Eye Hospital, No. 2:16-CV-02728-GJP (E.D. Pa. Sept. 1, 2021 Pappert, J.), the court ruled a Plaintiff’s failure to produce expert medical testimony in…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Henrietta Lacks Honored by World Health Organization
By Jamie Abrams
The World Health Organization honored Henrietta Lacks this month. Henrietta Lacks, a Black American woman and a young mother, died from cervical cancer on October 4, 1951—just eight months after her…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Saskatchewan, Ontario COVID-19 vaccine cases highlight issues of informed consent and ‘mature minor’
Disputes on a child's capacity to decide on vaccine likely to rise once approved for those under 12
UK Human Rights Blog
Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells: Lacks estate sues pharmaceutical company
Henrietta Lacks was a young Black woman who in 1951 was diagnosed with a particularly agressive form of cervical cancer. Her treating doctors at the Johns Hopkins hospital took a…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells
In 1951, Johns Hopkins Hospital took tissue from the cervix Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman diagnosed with cervical cancer, without her consent. Using the tissue sample, a doctor at the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells
In 1951, Johns Hopkins Hospital took tissue from the cervix Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman diagnosed with cervical cancer, without her consent. Using the tissue sample, a doctor at the…
Privacy World
Starting at 10:30 AM EST-CPW’s Kristin Bryan Live Blogs the White Castle Seventh Circuit Appeal
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
11:03 am-DONE! That's a wrap. Will be interesting to see how Seventh Circuit rules and if ends up punting issue by certifying question to the Illinois Supreme Court. 11:02 am-Counsel…
Health Law Prof Blog
Uninformed Consent
Ruth Colker (Ohio State University), Uninformed Consent, 101 B.U. L. Rev. (2021):Since the Supreme Court decided Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey in 1992, there has been a race…
Health Law Rx
Pelvic Examination Law – Florida Takes a Second Look
By Danielle C. Gordet, Kirk S. Davis
The Florida medical community was left concerned and confused by the passage of the original 2020 pelvic examination law. As we discussed in our past blog, practitioners believed the law…
The Right Coast
CENSORED: Pro-vaccine doctor Francis Christian, over Covid-19 vaccine safety concerns | Sharyl Attkisson
A Canadian surgeon has been fired from his position at the University of Saskatchewan and suspended from teaching after expressing concerns about Covid-19 vaccine safety.Dr. Francis Christian, Clinical Professor of…