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Reverse Informed Consent: The Unreasonably Dangerous Patient, A. Samuel Oddi
Reverse Informed Consent: The Unreasonably Dangerous Patient, A. Samuel Oddi
Vanderbilt Law Review
Latrogenic injuries'-those caused by health care professionals (HCPs) in the course of treating patients-raise significant ethical, legal, and public policy issues.' With the advent of the AIDS epidemic, these issues become even more difficult when the iatrogenic injury results not from the patient's having received treatment below the professional standard of care (which is the usual grist for the malpractice mill) but from an infectious condition of the HCP. Considerable public attention has been directed to patients who have been exposed to the risk of AIDS by HIV-positive HCPs.6 It is difficult to be unmoved by the tragic example of …
Help! We've Fallen And We Can't Get Up: The Problems Families Face Because Of Employment-Based Health Insurance, Jeffrey R. Pettit
Help! We've Fallen And We Can't Get Up: The Problems Families Face Because Of Employment-Based Health Insurance, Jeffrey R. Pettit
Vanderbilt Law Review
Steve Tilghman of Birmingham, Alabama knows first-hand the health insurance problems American families face.' Steve's family had adequate health insurance until Steve decided to change careers. After expiration of the eighteen-month extension period COBRA provides, Steve's family could not afford the one thousand dollar monthly premiums necessary to maintain their policy. Steve's epileptic son further complicated his ability to find adequate health insurance. After having no insurance for two months, Steve ultimately was able to find health insurance for only part of his family. Steve had to acquire a separate, unrated policy for his epileptic son. Steve is uncertain about …