Radiology – Leader in Allied Health Negligence Radiology as an applied health field is an essential part of the diagnoses to many health care professionals. The areas where negligence can occur are many within this field and thus the rate of occurrences are higher than other comparable fields. Negligence can be as simple as a misinterpretation of films to as complex as miscommunications between the physician and the radiologist. Many instances have occurred where there is a breakdown in communication
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1.1 Explain essential elements of valid contract according to contract law. 1.2 Explain different types of contracts and explain their impact. Any special rules need to be considered. 1.3 Explain terms of contract, their meaning, effects . Task 02 Two years ago Alan separated from his wife Cath. As part of a written agreement between them, Alan agreed to pay Cath $1000 per month in order to maintain her and their daughter dawn. The money also had to be used to pay off the mortgage on the
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INTRODUCTION In the United States, there are two separate court systems: State and Federal. The two court systems were made to keep State and Federal matters separate. Under the State court, legislatures were able to generate a variety of laws. The following will review on how the State of California came and how the system relates to the people today. Although both branches are equally as important, this paper is going to outline the basic structure of California’s court system. The following
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secondary victim. The distinction between a primary and secondary victim was introduced by Lord Oliver in Alcock v chief Constable of South Yorkshire police . A primary victim is a person who is physically harmed or imperilled by the defendant’s negligence and suffers psychiatric illness as a result . In Lou- Ann’s case she is clearly a primary victim as she was in danger of physical injury as Ned crashed into the back of her car. Ned may argue that since there was no physical injuries, no harm was
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nurse. Resultantly, the liability for fundamental nursing negligence has moved to its professional counterpart, which is malpractice liability. Nevertheless, obstetrical nursing is the field of nursing that is highly taxing since it involves the most delicate tasks of assisting doctors to handle pregnant women and delivering them of their babies (Peterson & Zimmerman, 2006). A situation in which a nurse can be held liable for negligence According to the American Nurse Association (ANA), a nurse
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establishing standard of care; hotel was negligence, the hotel should have protected its gusts, and it should have monitored the elevators from any strangers. 3.Causation, this element comes after the establishment of the breach of duty. This element often used to determine the causes of an accident. The “but for” test which determines the defendant action or absence of action, that could have prevented the injury. 4.Proximate Cause, which is the negligence that cause the injury. It must be the main
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Negligence Paper Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for mistakes to happen in the hospital setting. When policies and procedures are not followed, the opportunity for mistakes increases. The Neighborhood newspaper wrote an article regarding a 62-year old man who had the wrong leg amputated. This incident occurred at the same time that the hospital was enduring union issues and staffing problems. This paper will discuss the differences between negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice. It will
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LICENSE TO KILL? A critical analysis over the pros and cons of the concept of Medical Negligence, in both civil and criminal aspects Introduction Disease, its cause, what may abate the ill: Let leech examine these, then use his skill- Kural All professions are noble as long as they are performed honestly. Professionals like Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers etc. are in the category of persons professing special skills. Any man practicing a profession requires particular level of learning, which
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Horton v. DIG In Horton v. DIG, the plaintiff and the defendant were both found for certain degree of negligence against them. However, Horton prevailed in this case and the case was settled as Horton receiving 80% of what he originally sued DIG for. The settlement basically means that Horton’s negligence contributed 20% to his own injury and that DIG’s contributory negligence contributed 80% to Horton’s injury. The ruling was based on the rescue doctrine of the law which holds that “if a tortfeasor
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Negligence Paper Edna Delgado University of Phoenix HCS/478 Djuanique Slaughter March 7, 2013 Medical mistakes have different circumstances in each case. However, our court system applies a one size fits all methodology for such errors. Health care providers are at high risk for potential negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice claims that may be filed against them. In fact, as health care reform transitions into preventative medicine, registered nurses have added professional
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