Seyed Mehdi Saberi1, Mohammad-Reza Karimi1, Ardeshir Sheikhazadi2, Mazaher Ghorbani2, Ali Pasha Meysamie3, Zeynab Nasri Nasrabadi2 and Sayed Mahdi Marashi2* 1Department of Psychiatry of Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran 2 epartment of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Scie...

Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Genetics Center, University of Girona— IdIBGi, Girona, Spain Department of Cardiology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain Institute of Legal Medicine, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Roma, Italy Arrhythmia Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Arrhythmia Unit, Cardiology Section, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu...

Emergency medicine has been recognized as a basic speciality in 17 countries in Europe and it is a supraspeciality in a further five countries. The European Society for Emergency Medicine has achieved the legal status of an international nonprofit organization wherein individuals and national societies for emergency medicine may find help and support from colleagues throughout Europe and beyond...

Received August 2010 Accepted March 2011 1Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padova, Italy 2Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Section of Legal Medicine and Forensic Pathology, University of Padova, Italy 3Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy 4Urology Clinic, University of Verona, Italy

medical ethics is a realm where four important subjects of philosophy, medicine, theology and law are covered. physicians and philosophers cooperation in this area will have great efficiency in the respective ethical rules formation. in addition to respect the autonomy of the patient, physician's obligation is to ensure that the medical intervention has benefit for the patient and the harm is m...

Background: Intra-corporeal concealment of illicit drugs known as ‘body packing’ is uncommonly reported. These drugs mainly comprise opium, heroin, cocaine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), amphetamines, and marijuana or hashish. Body packers may also be called swallowers, internal carriers, couriers or mules.  Although this practice is not new, its medical complications have alway...

Law360, New York (July 20, 2015, 9:56 AM ET) -Personalized medicine has been interchangeably called precision, tailored, targeted or genomic medicine. Broadly speaking, personalized medicine is individualized medicine that customizes medical treatment to a patient’s genetic characteristics, previous treatment history, lifestyle, environment and/or preferences. Simply put, it provides the right ...

BACKGROUND Many low- and moderate-income individuals and families have at least one unmet legal need (for example, unsafe housing conditions, lack of access to food and/or income support, lack of access to health care), which, if left unaddressed, can have harmful consequences on health. Eighty unique medical-legal partnership programs, serving over 180 clinics and hospitals nationwide, seek to...

Oriental medicine has constituted a significant portion of health care in Korea, but discussion regarding the legal duties of Oriental medicine professionals has been marginalized. This article proposes the first step in discussing the duty of Oriental doctors and pharmacists to inform their patients about the medicine they provide. It begins by introducing the only decision the Supreme Court o...

3141 It is difficult to assess whether stroke neurology is disproportionately affected by the often adversarial relations between physicians and attorneys. Nevertheless, expansion of therapeutic options for patients with stroke has created increased potential for litigation. To address this issue rationally and productively, the stroke clinician must understand some fundamental principles of le...