Opinion
Negligent use of steroids
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: December 10, 2019
Patient-oriented standards increasingly involved in informed consent negligence suits.
Opinion
Office of Inspector General
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: November 13, 2019
Health care fraud, waste, and abuse consume some 10% of federal health expenditures.
Opinion
‘Time lost is brain lost’
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: October 29, 2019
The plaintiff will typically be disqualified from offering medical testimony, unless there is “common knowledge.”
Opinion
Legal duty to nonpatients: Driving accidents
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: August 16, 2019
A doctor’s legal duty may be extended to individuals other than patients in limited circumstances.
Opinion
Mandatory reporting laws
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: January 17, 2019
What requirements do state and federal governments impose on health care providers who treat potential cases of...
News
Hospice liability
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: December 18, 2018
New hospice care cases highlight the dangers of malpractice and Medicare fraud.
Article
Doctors, drug reps, and free speech
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: February 10, 2017
What impact have recent court decisions had on physicians’ freedom of speech rights?
News
Law & Medicine: To whom do doctors owe a duty?
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: November 18, 2015
News
Midair medical emergencies
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: October 27, 2015
News
Law & Medicine: class-action lawsuits
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: April 1, 2015
News
Law & Medicine: Antitrust issues in health care, part 3
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: June 18, 2014
News
Medication-related liability
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: June 15, 2013
News
Tort reform
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: February 11, 2013
News
Defensive Medicine
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: August 7, 2012
News
Osteoporosis Malpractice
- Author:
- S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: June 13, 2012