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Category / Case Studies / Patient/Physician Relationship

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  • Case Study – Tatiana Tarasoff: A Duty to Warn

    When a therapist predicts that his patient is a danger to another person, does he have a duty to warn that person of the danger

    October 31, 2021
  • Case Study – Our Pregnant Daughter Didn’t Want This.

    Is a healthcare directive legally in effect if the patient is pregnant?

    October 31, 2021
  • Case Study – Family Opposition to Organ Donation Despite First Person Consent

    JD has not regained consciousness and is apt to remain permanently in a vegetative state. A decision is made to withdraw life support. Is organ donation a possibility?

    October 31, 2021
  • Case Study: One Small Cut that Killed

    The family wants answers, and so far, all they know is that he came in with one small cut and suddenly died.

    October 31, 2021
  • The Case of Omer: Who Should Talk to the Family and What Should They Say?

    How should an adverse event from a surgery be handled?

    October 31, 2021
  • Case Study – My Patient’s Dying

    I had never seen it before. I had no experience on which to base my unsettling suspicions. Who is responsible for ensuring that Ms. P’s dying wishes are fulfilled to the degree possible?

    October 31, 2021
  • Case Study – Mr. Jay’s Case

    Mr. Jay told his doctor he would prefer that resuscitation not even be attempted. Will paramedics know about Mr. Jay’s preference?

    October 31, 2021
  • Case Study – Matter of Quinlan

    Evidence in the case included statements the patient made earlier referring to her “distaste for continuance of life by extraordinary medical procedures.” These statements were deemed by the court as remote, impersonal and lacking trial “probative weight.” The trial court refused the order to withdraw life-supporting apparatus. The father/guardian appealed.

    October 31, 2021
  • Case Study – Managing Pain, A Family Affair

    Mrs. W is a sixty-year-old African American woman with a recent diagnosis of breast cancer with metastases to the bone and lung. Will she become addicted to the prescribed pain medication?

    October 31, 2021
  • Case Study – It’s Too Much – First My Daughter, and Now This

    Fiona has custody of her two orphaned grandchildren and works as a housekeeper in a private home while the children are in school. Medical expenses are beyond Fiona’s budget. How can Fiona get – and pay for – healthcare?

    October 31, 2021
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