Explain the various ways physicians and other healthcare professionals can defend themselves against lawsuits
Explain the doctrine of informed consent. What does it mean and what is required?.Explain the various ways physicians and other healthcare professionals can defend themselves against lawsuits
September 9, 2016 no comments
Healthcare Law
1.Explain the doctrine of informed consent. What does it mean and what is required?
2.You are the risk manager for a hospital, and you are making a speech to doctors and nurses on how to prevent malpractice claims. Draft a speech about the general guidelines for all healthcare providers to follow to limit and reduce their potential liability for malpractice. Provide details and concrete steps they can follow to protect themselves and the organization.
3.Explain the various ways physicians and other healthcare professionals can defend themselves against lawsuits
4.You are a receptionist/greeter in a long-term care facility. Your regular responsibilities require you to monitor the front desk for all visitors. One day, the employee who visits with the patients and pushes the book cart around calls out sick. The director recognizes that the residents enjoy this interaction and asks you to fill in for the day. You happily agree, as it will give you a chance to walk around a little and get away from the front desk for a change. You are visiting with patients and pushing the cart through the halls. You stop to visit with Mr. Thomas and notice that he has bruises on his arms and legs. He is not confined to his bed, but it looks like he may have been at one point. You do not know Mr. Thomas to be violent or a danger to himself or others that would require him to be restrained. When you talk to him, he says he doesn’t like the new nursing assistant and that he misses the previous one. She was much nicer to him. He will not directly say that he was abused or injured purposely, but you suspect that he was.