05-23-2006, 05:57 PM
CeoranaMay 22 2006, 11:55 PM Another issue is that if a doctor is grossly negligent and causes a patient to die, there is no way for the state to get the records to see if the doctor really caused the death. [/quote]
Where do you get that from? All you need is the patient's consent, or, if the patient is unable to give that due to being unable to understand those rights (for example by being dead), a legal guardian can. I fail to mistrust people so much to interfere with legal research in that case.
Where do you get that from? All you need is the patient's consent, or, if the patient is unable to give that due to being unable to understand those rights (for example by being dead), a legal guardian can. I fail to mistrust people so much to interfere with legal research in that case.