Negligence Paper Wrong site surgery has become a frequent incident in health care facilities across the nation. “Research in the US has suggested that wrong site surgery happens every 5-10 years‚ or one in 112‚994 cases” (Edwards‚ 2008‚ p. 168). Recent studies have shown that despite the focus by governing bodies over wrong site surgery in the past few years‚ wrong site surgery continues to happen at an alarming rate of 40 times per week in the United States alone (“Wrong-site surgery still happens
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NEGLIGENCE: THE EMPLOYER’S DUTIES Employers Liability in Negligence • May be personally liable to employees who injure themselves. • May be personally liable to employees who are injured by another employee or sometimes by an independent contractor employed by the employer. • May be vicariously liable if one employee is injured by another employee. NOTE: • Employees may also be able to recover from statutory workers compensation schemes. • Employees’ rights at common law may be restricted
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An Essay on Clinical Negligence “We have always thought of causation as a logical‚ almost mathematical business. To intrude policy into causation is like saying that two plus two does not equal to four because‚ for policy reasons‚ it should not.” (Charles Foster NLJ 5/11/2004 page 1644). To what extent do you consider that Charles Foster is correct in that causation and clinical negligence should be a “mathematical business” and the courts have‚ by introducing matters of policy‚ confused
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Bibliography: Carney‚ D. D. (2006). Introduction to English Law. Pearson Education. Cooke‚ J. (1999). Law of Tort. London: Pitman Publishing. McBride‚ N. J.‚ & Bagshaw‚ R. (2005). Tort Law. Longman. Quinn‚ E. &. (1996). Tort Law. London: Pearson. Slapper‚ G.‚ & Kelly‚ D. (2000). English Law. Cavendish Publishing Limited. Smith‚ K.‚ & Keenan‚ D. (2001). English Law. Longman.
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1. Historical Perspective of Mental Illnesses in the Philippines Pre-Spanish Regime During this period the Filipinos believed in a world that was equally material and spiritual. The concept of illness was based on the belief in such material and spiritual worlds‚ thus the treatment of both physical and mental illness depended heavily on the valid and authentic rituals and ceremonies aimed at converting the punishment and at the same time maintaining and protecting the psychological well-being and
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To: Adam Starr From: Alexandria Warner Date: October 4‚ 2011 Re: Potential negligence claim against the Yellow Jacket Inn Statement of Facts Last weekend a group of Georgia Tech alumni stayed at the Yellow Jacket Inn in Atlanta to attend the Georgia Tech-Vanderbilt football. After the game one of the alumni walked into his room and saw an intruder inside stealing his clothes and going through his personal items. The intruder physically attacked the alumni and stole his wallet. The alumni
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Disease‚ and Drugs PSY/240 January 9‚ 2011 Mary Jane Dugan Psychiatric Disorders‚ Disease‚ and Drugs A psychiatric disorder is defined as disorder of psychological function so severe that it requires treatment usually by psychiatrist or clinical psychologist. The abnormal behavior expressed by people suffering from psychiatric disorders prevent them from living normal lives some of these disorder include schizophrenia‚ depression‚ mania‚ anxiety disorder‚ and Tourette
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Amputation Mishap; Negligence Carmen Holder HCS/478 February 4‚ 2013 Barbara Gilbert‚ EdD‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CNE Amputation Mishap; Negligence Confused by a repeating dream‚ Joseph Benson wakes up and realizes the wrong leg was amputated. Even under the best of circumstances‚ mishaps such as this one do occur as a result of negligence and cause unnecessary duress to patients. This paper will discuss the difference between negligence‚ gross negligence‚ and malpractice. I will present my opinion of
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The crazy house‚ asylum‚ and jail‚ are all common names for the psychiatric hospital. Dating back to the medieval era‚ mental institutions have been around and they have each served their purpose; both good and bad. In Europe‚ London and England housed one hundred inmates in public asylums. Nowadays‚ these hospitals are given discreet names or are no longer in existence. Back then they had very harsh names such as Hospital for the Lunatics‚ and the Liverpool Lunatic Asylum. In the United States‚
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Torts Assignment 2011 Semester 2 Fred v Ivan- Battery Battery is committed when there is an intentional‚ direct‚ and unlawful contact or without consent to another’s person. Ivan intentionally made unlawful contact with Fred when he thrust his hands into Fred’s pocket. It was apparent that although the contact was with his pants’ pocket rather than directly to the body‚ the contact did involve some element of forces and that ‘the least touching of another in anger is battery’. Hence‚ the element
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