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A 20 page research paper that answers 5 questions pertaining to medical ethics and medical law. Topics covered include ERISA tort cases; handling of ethical situations, such as a patient choosing to forego life-saving procedures; and malpractice cases. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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you think the hospital could have handled this case in a better fashion, from an ethical and legal standpoint? The student researching this topic is encouraged to express
a personal opinion regarding this question; however, this writer/tutor agrees with the judgement of the court for several reasons. First of all, Dr. Edward D. Schultz, as Linda A. Thompsons
general practitioner was fully aware of she suffered from rheumatic heart and mitral value disease and was on anti-coagulant therapy. While he was no on-call for emergency room duty
when Thompson was admitted, he accepted the case due to their prior patient-physician relationship. Wing (2003) states that: In ordinary negligence cases, the legal definition of the standard of
conduct involves a specification of the requirement that the defendant must prevent or avoid unreasonable risks of harm (p. 289). Citing several legal cases, Wing points out that
it has come to be accepted as reasonable by the courts that when a physician (or surgeon) accepts a case, this acceptance implies that the doctor possess, "and the law
places upon him the duty of possessing," the same degree of learning and skill as is the norm in that particular locality (2003, p. 289). In other words, by allowing
himself to be placed in charge of Thompsons case, he assumed the responsibility of having all adequate medical knowledge to pursue her care. Therefore, any defense that her complications where
outside his realm of expertise does not apply. While Schultz called Dr. Marvin H. Meisner, the cardiologist overseeing Thoompsons heart medications, he did not actually talk with him, but
rather spoke with his colleague, presumably about continuing the anticoagulant medication. Roughly three and a half hours after the automobile accident that caused Thomopsons injuries, she was admitted to the
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