| The Emergency Rule and Medical Malpractice |
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| The Emergency Rule and Medical MalpracticeMore... |
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| Wrongful Birth |
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| Wrongful BirthMore... |
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| Psychiatric Malpractice |
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| Psychiatric MalpracticeMore... |
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| Sexual Relationship between a Psychotherapist and a Patient |
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| It is a known risk of therapy that a patient who is troubled, vulnerable, or suggestible may become overly attached to the therapist and may consent to sexual contact. This attachment to a therapist is so well known that it has been given a title. "Transference" describes a situation where a patient displaces feelings about another person and redirects them towards the therapist. Transference, while a normal and often important part of the therapeutic process, carries with it a great potential for abuse by the therapist.More... |
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| Wrong Site Surgery |
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| When a surgeon operates on the wrong limb, the patient often sustains a devastating injury. Wrong site surgery occurs not only on the wrong limb or organ but on the wrong patient. This error results from numerous breakdowns in the hospital's system, including poor preoperative planning, a lack of institutional controls, the failure of the surgeon to exercise due care, or poor communication between the surgeon and the patient. More... |
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