Deviation from an acceptable standard of care is one of the central issues in a lawyer’s mind in any malpractice lawsuit. However, the trigger for a lawsuit is the occurrence of a compli‐ cation. That is, intense scrutiny of a doctor’ practice usually only occurs once harm has occurred to a patient. Thus avoiding complications is the maxim to follow. Understanding the situations in which compli...

S the titIe of this contribution A indicates, the subject has at Ieast three major aspects: the medical (dermatologic), the forensic, and the industria1 or economic. It is obviously impossibIe to do justice to al1 three in this relativeIy brief communication. For the discussion of the IegaI aspect aIone wouId require a voIuminous treatise, as each country, and, in the United States, each State,...

HE role and structure of the Hungarian legal profession both changed quite markedly after the changeover from the communist regime (1989), particularly because of the opportunities provided by the new market economy. The legal profession in Hungary is generally of a high standard because of the elitist approach which once prevailed in the university education system, reinforced by a technocrati...

The OPJK (Ontology of Professional Judicial Knowledge) is a legal ontology developed to map questions of junior judges to a set of stored frequently asked questions. In this paper, we investigate dynamic and temporal aspects of one of the SEKT legal ontologies, by subjecting the ontology OPJK to MORE, a multi-version ontologies reasoning System. MORE is based on a temporal logic approach. We sh...

The public especially in West Malaysia are becoming more aware of their rights and litigations are on the increase. Fortunately in East Malaysia there are fewer cases. The legal aspects of anaesthesia practice are very much on the lines of British system. Here the cause for compensation or legal action depends on the proof of negligence. Currently in West Malaysia all anaesthetics are being giv...

Multimedia means multilegia. The basic copyright problem arises out of the fact that multimedia producers need to integrate a hugh quantity of copyrightable works (texts, pictures, music) in their products. This paper describes how the traditional European copyright law can cope with the requirements of the digital age. Instead of compulsory licensing, the collecting societies can manage digita...

Medico-legal problems experienced by histopathologists differ from those of other clinicians as they are rarely in direct contact with patients. Nevertheless, the pathologist owes a duty of care to the patient and is liable for medical negligence. In the absence of local guidelines, it is prudent to follow guidelines published by learned Colleges elsewhere. This is also true when delegating dut...