Century-Old Quarantine Law Puts Patient Rights at Risk
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U.S. quarantine law is in dire need of an update to protect patient rights, say legal experts.
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A terminal leukemia patient must have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive. Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.
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Long lines have formed at flu clinics in retail stores, and others are being canceled for lack of vaccine. The unexpected vaccine shortage has raised many questions about how people can best protect themselves.
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Printed in PHS #21, 1998. My grandmother always warned me not to trust doctors. And this was odd, because my grandmother was a doctor.
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BY LAW, hospitals provide free emergency care for illegal immigrants. But the costs are bruising, and pending federal regulations could scare away patients.
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Because of a shortage of beds at Maryland psychiatric hospitals, a growing number of patients, including many who are involuntarily committed, are spending days in emergency rooms, often in violation of a state law that mandates that they be placed at a comprehensive care facility within 30 hours of...
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The Legislature is again considering a bill that would require health providers in Massachusetts to obtain a patient's consent before treating them with reprocessed medical devices and instruments that are designed to be used once. Senate Bill 1338, which is being pushed by the state's medical device industry, is scheduled to be heard by the joint legislative Committee on Public ...
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.
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By Julius A. Karash, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 20--A recent ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court could open up health providers to a wider range of lawsuits.
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MRSA compensation claims may become more prevalent as lawyers turn to workplace safety laws to pursue hospitals.
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Over 100 hospital wards closed amid fears that infection will spread
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Federal health authorities warned Monday that it is unnecessary and potentially dangerous for old and frail people to wait in long lines for flu shots.
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Compensation claims over the MRSA superbug may rise as lawyers use workplace laws to pursue hospitals.
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292 patients have died with aid of physicians since the law went into effect in 1998, new figures show.
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Doctors said the man who caused an international health scare would still require as much as two years of care.
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The F.D.A. canÂt order a recall until it determines the cause of the illness that has made more than 100 people ill.