Patient Abandonment

Patient Abandonment http://www.thehealthlawfirm.com/resources/health-law-articles-and-documents/Patient-Abandonment.html Home Health Care ______________ Law Manual By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law An Aspen Publication Aspen Publishers, Inc. Gaitherburg, Maryland 1996  Patient Abandonment Introduction The relationship that exists between a physician and patient, or between other types of health care providers […]

Florida Supreme Court allows lawsuit against doctor for patient’s suicide

Florida Supreme Court allows lawsuit against doctor for patient’s suicide http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/08/26/florida-supreme-court-allows-lawsuit-against-doctor-for-patients-suicide Nearly eight years after a Sarasota County woman committed suicide, the Florida Supreme Court said Thursday her husband can pursue a lawsuit against a physician about care provided before her death. Justices unanimously ruled that the case should go to trial, upholding a 2014 […]

My Story: What About Our Rights?

My Story: What About Our Rights? nationalpainreport.com/my-story-what-about-our-rights-8830709.html By Douglas Marsh I believe that one of the worst things that our wonderful government has done is target a group like the chronic pain community. For the most part, we are a group of people who at one time in our lives were active and very productive […]

Ohio sheriff indicted on 43 counts, including 38 felonies

https://youtu.be/dm6xexu_wJY?t=3m32s Ohio sheriff indicted on 43 counts, including 38 felonies Sheriff running for reelection http://www.wlwt.com/news/ohio-sheriff-indicted-on-43-counts-including-38-felonies/41346780 FREMONT, Ohio (AP) —An Ohio sheriff who is up for re-election this fall has been arrested on charges that he stole medications from prescription drug disposal drop boxes, deceived doctors into giving him painkillers and misused department funds. A grand […]

CVS: Our pharmacists are empowered to refuse to fill prescriptions they feel are not being used for legitimate medical purposes

Fighting Opioid Abuse with Technology https://cvshealth.com/content/fighting-opioid-abuse-technology-0 According to this press release from CVS.. there Pharmacist only have to have A FEELING… that a Rx is not for a legit use… they don’t need REAL FACTS… so OPIOPHOBIC PHARMACISTS are able to use their personal feelings, biases, phobias to deny care to legit pts. Much has […]

Veteran Kills Himself in Parking Lot of V.A. Hospital on Long Island

Veteran Kills Himself in Parking Lot of V.A. Hospital on Long Island www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/nyregion/veteran-kills-himself-in-parking-lot-of-va-hospital-on-long-island.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur A 76-year-old veteran committed suicide on Sunday in the parking lot of the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Long Island, where he had been a patient, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Peter A. Kaisen, of Islip, was pronounced dead […]