JAMES KILPATRICK: DOCTORS AND THE LAW
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May a doctor in California lawfully prescribe marijuana for a seriously ill patient? May a doctor in Oregon lawfully help a terminal patient to commit suicide?
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Why is it that when a doctor weighs in on the medical malpractice crisis [&quot;Dispelling Malpractice Myths,&quot; op-ed, Nov. 14], the solution never includes giving the public access to the National Practitioner
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A leading judge says the law has a crucial role in deciding when it is appropriate to withhold treatment from critically ill patients
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FREDERICK, Md. -- Doctors in Maryland and around the country are increasingly using methods popularized by labor organizers to counter rising premiums for malpractice coverage.
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New smacking laws may prove too ambiguous for doctors to make judgements on, an expert warns.
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Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for bitterness, doctors and trial lawyers are squaring off this fall in an unprecedented four-state struggle over limiting malpractice awards...
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SINGAPORE : The number of medical lawsuits jumped eight times in the last decade - from five cases in 1990 to 40 in 2000. There is concern that this could lead doctors to practise
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For years, Dr. Thomas Michael Barrett wrote prescriptions for large amounts of pain medication, sometimes in potentially lethal doses.
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Critics say a law designed to keep medical information confidential is being overzealously applied.
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Three amendments on malpractice suits and patient safety passed, but doctors and lawyers remain at odds. By LISA GREENE, Times Staff Writer.
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Do future generations need a legal representative today to protect their interests? Some legal and environmental scholars think so.
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Hard cases make bad law, the old adage goes. But in the case of Ashcroft v. Raich, the medical marijuana case recently argued before the US Supreme Court (news - web sites), the opposite
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A South Carolina case has focused attention not just on the danger of an unorthodox therapy but also on the conduct of the state medical board.
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Being a lawyer isn't really about exciting "Law and Order" courtroom drama. It's about paperwork. Lots of it.
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Â· Inquiry slams mis-prescribing of drugsÂ· Doctors 'ignoring official guidelines'
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People who carry out executions can sue others who disclose their identities, under a new law that followed reports that a doctor who attended Missouri executions had been sued for malpractice more than 20 times.
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By Leigh Hornbeck and Kenneth C. Crowe II, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 6--QUEENSBURY -- In law, there is only fact, not what could have been or should have been.