Frances Hector Vs. Cedars-Sinai Hospital: Case Study

The allegation in this complaint is inappropriate prescribing of pain medication by Dr. Warbritton, to patient Paul Faulconer. A medical review of the case was performed by Dr. Cupp who submitted several follow-up questions. Dr. Warbritton also responded to the Board in writing, saying Faulconer’s healthcare has been complicated and pain management is essential. Kay Pratt (complainant) felt Dr. Warbritton prescribed Paul OxyContin, but Dr. Warbritton said he never prescribed OxyContin to Faulconer, only Oxycodone. Paul did receive OxyContin for pain management, but it was from the hospital following his surgery.

In this NBC News article, “Planned Parenthood Will Pay Its Own Fetal Tissue Costs”, (NBC News). Anti- Abortion groups are furious with Planned Parenthood selling fetal tissue for profit and to maintain programs within this organization. The videos were released in mid-July by anti-abortion activists who called themselves the Center for Medical Progress (top right paragraph). Planned Parenthood will no longer receive any kind of payment to help with the cost of the programs. Some of their clinics; fetal tissues will only be used for scientific research.

INTRODUCTION Defendant DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (“DePuy”) seeks partial summary judgment as to Plaintiffs’ express and implied warranty claims. Defendants claim Plaintiffs have failed to prove contractual privity, as required by California law to claim breach of warranty, and, as to Plaintiffs’ claim for breach of implied warranty of fitness, DePuy argues that Plaintiffs cannot show the specific purpose for which Plaintiffs would use the Pinnacle metal-on-mental (“MoM”) hip system. Defendants arguments are without merit – Plaintiffs’ evidence shows that DePuy’s marketing heavily promoted the device specifically for young, active patients, a purpose specific enough to meet the requirements of California law.

Nurses and doctors take the oath to protect the privacy and the confidentiality of patients. Patients and their medical conditions should not be discussed with anyone who is not treating the patient. Electronic health records are held to the same standards as nurses in that information is to be kept between, and shared only with the immediate care team. HIPAA violations are not taken lightly nor are the violation fines cheap. Depending on the violation, a hospital can be fined from $100 to $50,000 per violation (National Nurse 2011 p 23).

Washington chose to enforce the ban as it is rationally related to a state interest, therefore related to the exercise of its police powers. In my opinion, Washington 's ban on physician assisted-suicide did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment 's Due Process Clause. Analyzing the guarantees of the Due Process Clause, the Court focused on two main aspects: the protection of our nation 's objective fundamental, historically rooted, rights and liberties; and the cautious definition of what constitutes a due process liberty interest. The Court held that the right to assisted suicide is not a fundamental liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause since its practice has been, and continues to be, offensive to our national traditions and practices.

Stump, Stump discusses the happenings of Henrietta’s death day, specifically the divulgence of HeLa cells to the world (pars 1-2). Stump notes that at the time, there was no breach in patient rights because laws concerning that didn’t even exist in that time. Stump goes on to draw attention to two concerns of HeLa cells. The attempt of one researcher to remove Henrietta Lacks’ name completely by attributing the HeLa cells to a fictitious woman named Helen Lane, as well as the violation of Henrietta Lacks’ right to informed consent (par 3). Which brings us to our first issue.

No witness will appear in this courtroom during the trial to say, ‘Martha told me to do something unlawful.”’ Here, the defendant’s attorney outlines the notion that Stewart did not knowingly attempt to engage in wrongdoing. Richard Strassberg, attorney for Bacanovic, argued, “Would Peter Bacanovic jeopardize his entire career all for a lousy $450 commission? It simply makes no sense because it didn’t happen. The government is wrong.

The doctors also did not know about the side effects and did not know until after what happened to Algernon. Those are some reason people may believe why his doctors were being ethical about the surgery. Overall, Charlies doctors did not act ethically while performing the surgery. Being ethical would be knowing about the situation, knowing the question to ask yourself, medical questions, and backgrounds/experience 's. Ethics are a well-founded standards of right and wrong and involves feelings, laws, and social norms. Those are some steps/question the doctors did not follow.

The reason they are doing this is obvious, to protect the health of patients and coworkers. These hospitals offer mask and waivers for those who do not want to get vaccinated for health or religious regions. These hospitals do not believe that making vaccinations 100% necessary because the vaccination is not 100% effective. They encourage employees but do not force, which allows them to keep their personal freedom. “. . .

With SIDS, Gawande explains that it "is not really a disease, but rather the name doctors have given to one of the great medical mysteries of our time" (203). What he has explained is that the condition is an uncertainty to the doctors, and presenting SIDS as a consideration would mean that the evidence for abuse would be questioned. Looking at Noe's case as an example, Gawande writes that SIDS would be in a realm of possibilities. His line of reasoning is that "the original autopsies had revealed no marks of force" (203). Writing this, he proposes that SIDS may have been an unfortunate event that happened to Noe, even if it was eight infant deaths.

St. David’s South Austin Medical Center (the “Hospital”) has received a letter from John Craven, an attorney representing former Hospital patient Ramona Reeves. Mr. Craven states that the Hospital’s entering into a Settlement Agreement with GEICO Insurance Company after the Hospital’s receipt of Ms. Reeves’ “HIPPA (sic) Revocation/Cancellation of Prior Authorization” constituted a wrongful disclosure of her individually identifiable health information (“PHI”). You have asked us to evaluate whether the provision of billing information and/or entering into the settlement agreement with GEICO violated HIPAA. The answer is no.

This ruling includes and is not limited to doctors. 3. Facts Washington State has a law on the books which states it is a crime to assist another person to attempt suicide. Dr Harold Glucksberg, a Washington physician, along with other Washington physicians brought suit against the State of Washington, alleging arguing Dr Glucksberg would frequently treat terminally-ill patients, and would have assisted those patients in ending their lives if not for the state’s ban on assisted suicide. Glucksberg brought suit in before

Fixing prices is expressly forbidden as it prevents effective competition which

When the HeLa cell line is first introduced to the world, there are hardly any set laws put in place in the medical field for ethics aside from the Hippocratic Oath, an oath to uphold specific ethical standards, but this is an oath, not a law. While Henrietta is diagnosed and treated, a sample of her cells is taken by a cervical cancer expert, Richard TeLinde. Neither Henrietta nor her family are informed that TeLinde has taken samples, or his intent with those samples; to this day, Johns Hopkins Hospital has never been accused of doing anything wrong because there were no laws stating that taking a patient 's cells without their consent or knowledge was illegal at the time; however, her family continues to live in poverty, and is psychologically

Many patients have also claimed to feel pain during their operations. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and three other justices acknowledged that the district court relied on a fake expert witness who quoted from unknown sources and made claims that did not align with actual test data, but ultimately voted against using midazolam. Overall, it was decided by the majority that the prisoners failed to establish true evidence to prove the three part execution drug violates the Eighth Amendment. Justice Sotomayor explained, “In contend­ing that midazolam will work as the State intends, Dr. Evans cited no studies, but instead appeared to rely primarily on the Web site www.drugs.com.” In my opinion, I think the Court’s decision was justified because there were only a few cases where the anesthesia only served to paralyze the victim while still allowing them to feel everything.