REQUIRED CASE READING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE COURSE

THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE REQUIRED READING FOR THE COURSE:

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List does not yet correspond to order presented in course.

Bang v. Charles T. Miller Hospital
 This case addresses medical battery and informed consent.

Berthiaume v. Pratt. M.D.
  This case addresses invasion of privacy.

Hicks v. Arkansas State Medical Board
   This case addresses invalid administrative regulations

Shilkret v. Annapolis Emergency Hospital
    This case addresses standards of care.


Canterbury v. Spence


     This case addresses the therapeutic privilege exception to informed consent.


Cobbs v. Grant

      This case addresses the therapeutic privilege exception to informed consent and reaches a slightly different conclusion than Canterbury.

Olson v. Molsen
      This case addresses public policy and the invalidity of exculpatory contracts in medicine.

Schneider v. Revici
        This case addresses alternative medicine and assumption of risk