Law & Politics | By April 17, 2008 | By JC, MD | 5 Comments

Medicine and the Law – Part 2: Medical Malpractice

Continuing on in my series of posts about Medicine and the Law, we’ve established that there are two elements necessary for a patient-physician relationship to be established — contract and consent. There must be a written or implied contract in place, and there must be agreement to it on both sides (either written, verbal, or implied through actions). Now we get to the juicy part of the equation — Medical Malpractice. Read more →