MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (2) (TRT120)

Professors Steven Pegalis

Addresses in depth litigation problems in the delivery of health care by physicians, hospitals, HMOs, and other health care providers. Among the subject areas covered are the reasonable prudence rule; corporate liability theories; national and local standards; specialty boards; contract and warranty actions; informed consent; Good Samaritan laws; immunity defenses; release and consent defenses; statutes of limitation; discovery rules; special role of res ipsa loquitur and negligence per se in medical malpractice actions; reform movements; caps; screening panels; and contingency fee regulations. Also considered are patients' rights and ethical-legal issues in treatment, and recent litigation developments in contraception, organ transplants, the right to die, and medical proof in litigation.