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Patient Decision Aids Improve Patient Safety And Reduce Medical Liability Risk, Thaddeus Pope
Patient Decision Aids Improve Patient Safety And Reduce Medical Liability Risk, Thaddeus Pope
Faculty Scholarship
Tort-based doctrines of informed consent have utterly failed to assure that patients understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives to the healthcare they receive. Fifty years of experience with the doctrine of informed consent have shown it to be an abject catastrophe. Most patients lack an even minimal understanding of their treatment options. But there is hope. Substantial evidence shows that patient decision aids (PDAs) and shared decision making can bridge the gap between the theory and practice of informed consent. These evidence-based educational tools empower patients to make decisions with significantly more knowledge and less decisional conflict than clinician-patient discussions …
Apparent Authority: Minnesota Finally Rejects Categorical Exemption For Independent Contractors In Hospital Emergency Rooms And Signifies Potential For Nondelegable Duty Doctrine—Popovich V. Allina Health Sys., 946 N.W.2d 885 (Minn. 2020)., Dana Ohman
Mitchell Hamline Law Review
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