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So, You Are Being Sued!
For a physician, a medical malpractice lawsuit is like that monster in your closet—the thing that keeps you ...
MAY 12, 2025
A Note on Surviving the Lawsuits and Supporting Anesthesia’s Second Victims
As anesthesiologists, we have been or will be involved in a lawsuit at some point.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Court Ruling Alters Informed Consent Process
A four-year-old ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is making doctors and researchers across the country ...
MAY 28, 2021
Stiff Penalties Common When Physicians Found Guilty of Opioid-Related Crimes
Physicians from a variety of clinical specialties are increasingly being prosecuted for opioid-related offenses, ...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
When Managing Pain Becomes a Criminal Offense: Advice for Health Care Professionals
When does your patient care turn into your criminal trial?
JUNE 7, 2017
Glut of Anesthesia Guidelines a Disservice, Except for Lawyers
Anesthesia practice guidelines are out of control—too many to adopt, too anecdotal to accept and too ...
MARCH 28, 2017
Medical Marijuana State Laws Associated With Reduced Medicare Prescriptions
The growing number of states that have legalized medical marijuana is favorably affecting the bottom line of ...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Oops, I Did It Again …
Malpractice claims are a dreaded but rare fact of the practice of medicine—but not so rare if you’ve ...
APRIL 28, 2016
Physician’s Guide to DEA Administrative Inspections
As Drug Enforcement Administration compliance is all too often left as an afterthought even when there are agents ...
APRIL 18, 2016
Chronic Pain’s ‘Medical Refugees’: What Muddled Medical Marijuana Laws Have Wrought
Meet Enedina Stanger: U.S. citizen, young mother, disabled person and newly minted, self-described medical refugee. ...
APRIL 14, 2016
Claims Payments and Mortality Higher in Non-OR Settings
Malpractice claims from events outside the operating room represent a smaller portion of total claims, according to ...
JANUARY 13, 2016
