Medical Malpractice Newsletters
| Physician Assistant as an Expert Witness in a Medical Malpractice Case |
| The number of physician assistants (PAs) practicing in the United States is rapidly increasing each year. They are employed in all settings including solo or group practices, hospitals, nursing homes, correctional facilities, and rural and inner city clinics. More... |
| Wrongful Birth |
| Wrongful Birth More... |
| Psychiatric Malpractice |
| Psychiatric Malpractice More... |
| Ethical and Malpractice Issues of Psychologists in Hospital Practice |
| With increasing frequency, psychologists are working within a hospital setting. The reasons are varied: patients must be hospitalized; opportunities exist to work with other healthcare providers; and insurance companies require hospital privileges as a prerequisite for reimbursement. This expansion out of the private office to the hospital not only creates a more challenging and rewarding practice but it also gives rise to new ethical and malpractice dilemmas for the psychologist. More... |
| Negligence Versus Assault and Battery |
| A patient is injured by a physician's conduct. In making a claim for recovery of damages against the physician, is the proper action based in negligence or in the intentional tort of assault and battery? More... |
