introduction: obeying patient rights is dependent upon the knowledge of healthcare providers about ethical and legal aspects of healthcare. this study aimed to determine the knowledge of physicians, nurses and medical record personnel about legal aspects of medical records in teaching hospitals affiliated to kashan university of medical sciences. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 325 heal...

biogenerics production has been done in lots of advanced industrial countries since last decades and its legal aspects are adequately addressed. on the other hand, the need of our country to these drugs is inevitable and its production in recent years has begun without taking its legal aspects into account. we don’t have any legal system to regulate biogenerics production and commercialize them...

Background: Traffic accidents are major causes of disability and mortality due to the increasing number of vehicles, changes in lifestyle and high-risk behavior among the general population. Traumatic hemipelvectomy is a type of exceptional lesion representing 0.6% of all pelvic fractures, although lesions of the lower extremities are more usual than those of the upper extremities. Case present...

THE PRESIDENT said she was sure all members present had immensely enjoyed Dr. Thompson's paper; it had been put together with meticulous care, and contained much historical information. She feared that doctors often considered a good deal of privilege attached to their evidence, and thought that was a pity. Present to-night, too, was another barrister, Dr. Letitia Fairfield, and she was pleased...

Preoperative planning of any surgical procedure, especially rhinoplasty, is crucial in order to achieve an optimal outcome which will satisfy both the surgeon and patient. Use of imaging and the possibility of virtually displaying the changes planned by the surgeon definitely lead to a better understanding between doctor and patient. Although these new technologies have led to undeniable advant...

Alan Schwartz and Joel Watson January 2000

Childhood and adolescent gynecology is an emerging specialty at the intersection of pediatrics, pediatric endocrinology gynecology pediatric surgery dermatology psychiatry, public health medicine and genetics, and in fact addresses many legal issues. Poland lacks a uniform standing of medical and legal environments on how to deal with a juvenile patient who has become sexually active and seeks ...

Objective: Benzodiazepines are a group of psychotropic drugs that are frequently prescribed. There are many published studies indicate that these drugs can affect driving ability. These studies are either epidemiological or experimental. Some efforts have been made recently toward the establishment of legal limits for benzodiazepines in the blood of drivers. Methods: A systematic review of the ...

Unlike data mining, text mining has received only limited attention in legal circles. Nevertheless, interesting legal stumbling blocks exist, both with respect to the data collection and data sharing phases, due to the strict rules of copyright and database law. Conflicts are particularly likely when content is extracted from commercial databases, and when texts that have a minimal level of cre...