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    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD

    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.

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    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.

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    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.”

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    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.

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    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...

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    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.

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    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?

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    News

    Law & Medicine: To whom do doctors owe a duty?

    Author:
    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
    Publish date: November 18, 2015

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    Midair medical emergencies

    Author:
    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
    Publish date: October 27, 2015

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    Law & Medicine: class-action lawsuits

    Author:
    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
    Publish date: April 1, 2015

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    Law & Medicine: Antitrust issues in health care, part 3

    Author:
    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
    Publish date: June 18, 2014

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    Medication-related liability

    Author:
    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
    Publish date: June 15, 2013

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    Tort reform

    Author:
    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
    Publish date: February 11, 2013

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    Defensive Medicine

    Author:
    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
    Publish date: August 7, 2012

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    Osteoporosis Malpractice

    Author:
    S. Y. Tan, MD, JD
    Publish date: June 13, 2012

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