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[46] The study found that this is true "for all patient care physicians in Texas, high-malpractice-risk specialties, primary care physicians, and rural physicians. [46] Plaintiffs' lawyers say that the Texas law prevents patients from getting compensation or damages even in cases where the patient clearly deserves it.
Winkler County, Texas. The Winkler County nurse whistleblower case was a series of legal proceedings in West Texas concerning the retaliation against two nurses who submitted an anonymous state medical board complaint against a physician in 2009. The case attracted national attention for its implications on whistleblowing by nurses.
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582 is an English tort law case that lays down the typical rule for assessing the appropriate standard of reasonable care in negligence cases involving skilled professionals such as doctors. This rule is known as the Bolam test, and states that if a doctor reaches the standard of a ...
The board's action comes after almost two years of calls by Texas OB-GYNs, pregnant patients, lawmakers, Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's highest court for the agency to issue guidelines about ...
'Physicians are confused and frightened' Dr. Ingrid Skop, an anti-abortion OB-GYN who served as the state’s expert witness in two major abortion cases, Cox v.Texas and Zurawski v. Texas, said ...
Medical boards license physicians, investigate complaints, discipline those who violate the law, conduct physician evaluations, and facilitate the rehabilitation of physicians where appropriate. The FSMB's mission calls for "continual improvement in the quality, safety and integrity of health care through the development and promotion of high ...
The Texas Medical Board discusses guidance around physicians for medical exceptions to the state’s abortion ban laws at the George H.W. Bush State Office Building Friday March 22, 2024.
^1 Chapter 166 of the Texas Health & Safety Code ^2 Robert L. Fine, M.D.'s detailings of futile care statutes and processes from Baylor Health System ^3 White House Press Briefing 2005-03-21 ^4 As discussed in "Fine RL. Point: The Texas Advance Directives Act Effectively and Ethically Resolves Disputes About Medical Futility. Chest 2009 136(4 ...