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The laws of medical malpractice have historically differed in significant ways from general liability laws. Until the mid-twentieth century, physician liability in the United States was limited to cases in which the doctor and patient had an established professional relationship. In the 1970s, courts and legislatures began carving out exceptions when patients posed an imminent threat to identifiable third parties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe practice of recontact in genomic medicine has the power to help rectify long-standing inequities in genetic testing. However, if not delivered systematically, recontacting practices also have the potential to reinforce these same inequities. Recontact, which occurs when contact between a clinician and patient is reinitiated after a relationship has ended, is often in search of or in response to updated interpretation or results.
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December 2024
Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
In South Africa, the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) between partners is criminalised under general criminal law offences such as attempted murder, assault and rape, despite the absence of specific HIV-related legislation. Recent court cases have opened the door to securing convictions.Contribution: These cases highlight the serious legal consequences of non-disclosure and the importance of consent to sexual intercourse.
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February 2025
Centre de bioéthique, université de Namur, Namur, Belgique. Electronic address:
In bioethics, patient autonomy is often considered a fundamental principle, even more important than beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. Inspired by liberal philosophies (such as J.S.
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