USA Law

Tag: Medical malpractice

  • Medical Malpractice

    Medical Malpractice in United States A tort committed by a physician against their patient. Unless a patient consents to being treated by their physician the physicians act would constitute battery. Naturally patient’s consent, but such consent must be informed (see informed consent). Even […]

  • Medical Malpractice

    Medical Malpractice in United States A tort committed by a physician against their patient. Unless a patient consents to being treated by their physician the physicians act would constitute battery. Naturally patient’s consent, but such consent must be informed (see informed consent). Even […]

  • Nursing

    Nursing in the United States Litigating Nursing Home Negligence and Wrongful Death Cases This section examines the Litigating Nursing Home Negligence and Wrongful Death Cases subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, […]

  • Nursing

    Nursing in the United States Litigating Nursing Home Negligence and Wrongful Death Cases This section examines the Litigating Nursing Home Negligence and Wrongful Death Cases subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, […]

  • Medical Malpractice Issues

    Medical Malpractice Issues in the United States Medical Malpractice–Cosmetic Surgery This section examines the Medical Malpractice–Cosmetic Surgery subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal […]

  • Medical Malpractice Issues

    Medical Malpractice Issues in the United States Medical Malpractice–Cosmetic Surgery This section examines the Medical Malpractice–Cosmetic Surgery subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal […]

  • Infant

    Infant in United States Infant Definition At common law, one of either sex under the age of twenty-one years. Co. Litt. 171. By statute, the age at which females reach their majority has been lowered in some states. See Age. Infant in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Infant, […]

  • Patient Safety

    Patient Safety in the United States Patient Safety and Medical Malpractice SURGEONS AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN SCRANTON, PA., threatened to walk off the job (in December 2002) to protest rising malpractice insurance costs. President George W. Bush later met privately with doctors in the area and […]