Medical Law's Regan Report back issues from August 2008:
Was patient's advance directive 'concealed' and ignored?
Aug 01, 2008; ... PASCENTIA MCDONALD, AGE 73, WAS A PATIENT AT USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. Her attending physicians were Drs. Douglas Hood, Michael Leke, and Fred Weaver (collectively physicians). After the patient's death, Cynthia Cardoza, the patient's daughter, brought suit against the physicians and the ...
Failure to diagnose stroke: did Dr. discharge pt. too soon?(Medical Law Case of the Month)
Aug 01, 2008; ... CASE ON POINT: Lang v. Newman 2008 NY Slip Op 066215 (08/14/2008)--NY CASE FACTS: Donna Lang was treated at the Emergency Department of Cortland Memorial Hospital on the morning of January 14, 2003. Triage assessment notes from that morning indicated that her chief complaint ...
KY: can 'highlighted' records go to jury room? Court barred records from going to jury room.(Medical Law Cases of Note)(Case overview)
Aug 01, 2008; ... CASE FACTS: Mary Herr was treated by Dr. Stephen Burton, who became her family doctor, while he was working for Olash Medical Associates, PSC. In addition to her other symptoms, she was treated for mitral and tricuspid valve prolapse. Dr. Burton referred Mary to Dr. Michael Imburgia, who ...
CA: suspension of hospital privileges voided: retroactive application of amended rules illegal.(Medical Law Cases of Note)
Aug 01, 2008; ... CASE FACTS: In 2001, after completing his medical training in nephrology at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Dr. Sohail Nasim applied for medical staff membership in the hospital's Department of Internal Medicine. The hospital approved his application, and Dr. Nasim joined ...
Family 80% at fault for child's death from OxyContin.(Medical Law Case on Point)
Aug 01, 2008; ... CASE ON POINT: Hill-Fernando v. Emergency Care Physicians of Northern Kentucky, (08/15/2008) S.W.3d--KY CASE FACTS: On the evening of November 13,2001, twenty-three-month old Dudley John Ferdinando, III (Johnny), arrived by ambulance at St. Luke Hospital West at approximately ...