Medical Law

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The writer uses to case studies supplied by the student were to patients suffer death and injury. In the first case there is a death following a procedure an allergy is not noticed and informed consent may not have been gained. The second case an elderly patient falls and breaks a hip, and subsequently has to go into sheltered accommodation. The writer assesses the potential legal issues, the first cases considered under US law, the second under Australian law. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography of this nine page paper