Can Clinical Genetics Laboratories be Sued for Medical Malpractice?

Legal aspects of cruise medicine - can a non-US ship's doctor be sued for malpractice in Florida?

An English ship's doctor treated a non-US female patient for abdominal discomfort on a foreign-flagged cruise ship off the coast of Haiti. In Mexico the patient underwent abdominal surgery, followed by complications, for which her lawyers wanted to take the ship's doctor to court in Florida, USA. A trial court granted their wish, but this decision was reversed on appeal as the factors discussed...

American College of Medical Genetics STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR CLINICAL GENETICS LABORATORIES

G1.1 In addition to numerical accession files and alphabetical patient listings, each family studied is assigned a unique code (preferably numeric). Note: This requirement only applies when more than one member of a family is being tested. (See G16.1 for maintaining confidentiality in reporting of results.) Use of a family number does not necessarily violate the confidentiality of individual fa...

American College of Medical Genetics STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR CLINICAL GENETICS LABORATORIES

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Liability for Medical Malpractice

P_ hysicians and other medical providers are subject to a negligence rule of liability. To prevail, a plaintiff must show that he or she sustained damages that were caused by the failure of the physician to take due care, defined as customary practice of physicians in good standing with the profession, or a significant minority of such physicians. In a simple model, with perfect information and...