Dr. MedLaw explains the importance of discussing risks, benefits, and alternatives in a manner the patient fully understands ...

The Supreme Court declined Thursday to review a Montana law that requires people under 18 to seek parental consent before ...

A law firm is investigating launching a class action against Australia's largest radiology provider, which Crikey revealed ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to review a blocked Montana law that would require physicians to obtain a parent's ...

Biju Krishnan describes how practitioners can use dental consent to enhance patient satisfaction and protect from legal ...

The US Supreme Court turned away a new effort to restrict abortion, declining to hear arguments that parents have a ...

A judge has tentatively approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit over patient data at MarinHealth Medical Center. The lawsuit, which was filed last year in Marin County Superior Court, alleges ...

To ensure e-signatures are fully POPIA compliant, healthcare providers should follow best practices such as encrypting all ...

While patients are entitled to video documentation of their treatment, with consent, there is a growing trend of filming in hospital ...

When the government pulls a public health ad campaign, it usually raises more questions than it answers. And when that ...

Montana's attorney general argues the federal constitution gives parents the right to make medical decisions for their ...

A Manitoba woman who was injured by a plastic surgeon more than a decade ago is worried after the doctor was suspended for ...