Showing papers in "Legal Medicine in 1980"

TL;DR: Analysis of data regarding deaths related to psychotropic drugs suggests that many unrecognized or unreported deaths have occurred in psychiatric hospitals.

TL;DR: The type and extent of medical investigation of traffic fatalities vary greatly in different areas of the United States.

TL;DR: The issue of whether a parent or guardian's consent for a minor to participate in nontherapeutic medical research is legal or ethical remains a current point of controversy for all involved in medical research on children.

TL;DR: Most evidence in child abuse cases is circumstantial, and thus the main thrust of the defense is to create doubt, by arguing that the child did not die as a result of being beaten, or by arguing lack of intent as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss guidelines for transfusions of various blood fractions or components, reasons for transfusion of red blood cells rather than whole blood, the problem of blood platelets, the prohibition against fibrinogen, and various volume expanders.

TL;DR: With the acquisition of newer knowledge, attorneys are now utilizing the weapon of contractual failure as applied to medical negligence as a new weapon for the plaintiff.

TL;DR: This article concerns the broadening of existing legislation governing medicolegal officers and the rules and regulations that may be used to define those officers' procedures.

TL;DR: In the wake of the 1975 malpractice insurance crises, a flurry of state legislation intended to secure the private professional liability insurance market included attempts to revitalize the scope and authority of state boards of medical registration and quality assurances.

TL;DR: As an implied condition of the physician-patient relationship, an attending physician is expected to safeguard confidential information that he has obtained in order to effectively treat his patient.

TL;DR: The increased safety of obstetric and surgical procedures effected by the advent of antibiotics has led to relaxation of attention to proper aseptic techniques, leading to relaxed attention to hospital-acquired infections.