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New York’s Scaffold Law , Labor Law Section 240 and its related statutes, is a hot-button issue again, pitting those needing compensation for often... Read More

Volunteering can have positive effects on your personal life, as well as your work life. Once a week, I participate in an... Read More

Physicians have the option to purchase medical malpractice insurance policies, which, at the cost of higher premiums, include special “ consent clauses .” These... Read More

I just came upon a stirring article in the New England Journal of Medicine , entitled “ The Road toward Fully Transparent Medical Records ” ( sic ).... Read More

Physicians who have made medical errors have traditionally been warned against apologizing to a patient’s loved ones. This is due to the fear... Read More

USA Today ran a disturbing article with a dramatic title earlier this week: Dangerous Doctors Allowed To Keep Practicing.    Before you stumble backwards, reeling... Read More

Electronic cigarettes, known as “e-cigarettes,” are all over the news.  Some laud their use in helping long-time smokers quit . Others, particularly in the healthcare community,... Read More

As readers of this blog know, I’m not a fan of texting while driving, or doing anything else that might distract you... Read More

If you’ve been up for a while, and had the chance to read the Sunday Review section of today’s NewYork Times, you... Read More

Negligence: The failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances. In 2009 the... Read More