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Cross-Border Legal Preparedness: A Comparative Review Of Selected Public Health Emergency Legal Authorities In Canada And Mexico, Daniel D. Stier, María Guadalupe Uribe Esquivel
Cross-Border Legal Preparedness: A Comparative Review Of Selected Public Health Emergency Legal Authorities In Canada And Mexico, Daniel D. Stier, María Guadalupe Uribe Esquivel
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
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Recalibrating The Legal Risks Of Cross-Border Health Care, Nathan Cortez
Recalibrating The Legal Risks Of Cross-Border Health Care, Nathan Cortez
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The nascent scholarship surrounding "medical tourism" assumes, without much scrutiny, that foreign jurisdictions provide few legal remedies to patients, instead focusing on whether U.S. patients can sue in U.S. courts. This article tests that assumption by examining whether patients might recover adequate compensation not only in the United States, but in four common destinations: India, Thailand, Singapore, and Mexico. I analyze how each jurisdiction handles medical malpractice complaints and discuss the unique obstacles patients might face when navigating each of these systems. I conclude that U.S. patients will struggle to recover remotely adequate compensation in each of these jurisdictions. This …