Experience with toxicity relating to intravenous (IV) paracetamol is discussed in the context of international experience. Issues in management and recent international strategies to minimise hazard are highlighted.

OBJECTIVES: To describe and analyse the cigarette smuggling trade in Belgium and its role in the international cigarette black market. DESIGN: Analysis of Belgian customs and prosecution files concerning the cigarette smuggling trade in the period 2000 to 2006 and interviews with law enforcement authorities and private tobacco industry. RESULTS: ...

Although the architects of COBRA had sound and compassionate motivations in place, administration of and compliance with this law are far from easy. COBRA assists employees that lose their jobs by allowing them to purchase insurance benefits from their former employer. Outsourcing COBRA administration can be the best way for ...

"Proceedings of the Symposium, held in St.Petersburg, Russia, September 1995"

Issues of impairment, hand and eye disabilities have worldwide significance. This paper presents the issues from a medical-legal perspective in Switzerland and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Impotence is not only a problem of modern society. Centuries ago man has sought for causes and remedies for impotence, originally looking much more outside himself rather than within himself. This article reviews and reflects on mythological, religious and cultural aspects of impotence, especially before the beginning of the 18th ...

On December 11, 1983, 25-year-old Missourian Nancy Cruzan was in a serious car accident, pronounced dead at the scene by police then resuscitated by paramedics. On December 14, 1990, the gastrostomy tube which had kept Nancy alive since the accident was removed and she died 11 days later. The heartbreak, ...

Once the immediate visceral reaction to being slapped with a malpractice suit has subsided, it's time to assess the situation and prepare for the impending legal battle. A successful outcome is more likely if you remain calm; call your insurance company immediately; familiarize yourself with your rights and obligations; cooperate ...

The complex legal aspects of software license agreements are addressed in this final part of a three-part series. A healthcare organization that has selected a software vendor and has reviewed the central provisions of a licensing agreement must then take a close look at the other provisions of the agreement. ...

Malpractice is the legal charge against a professional accused of a private wrong. Claims must be filed under tort (or civil) law; specific statutes can vary from state to state. Legal doctrines associated with malpractice include respondeat superior, which places ultimate liability with a superior or employer; proximate cause, which ...

The insanity defence is considered in terms of the operation of incommensurable scientific and legal discourses, a dualism which in turn is held to reflect individualist values. This analysis is used to explain both the recurring nature of medico-legal controversy and the historical results of the defence in Victorian England.

The court-ordered sterilization of a normal 18-year-old black female in North Carolina focused attention on the unfortunate impact of eugenic statutes that allow sterilization as a method of social control. The existence of these laws in many states allows misapplication and abuse of authority which, not infrequently, is directed liberally ...

This article attempts to place in proper perspective the legal and ethical aspects of proprietary rights as they apply to federally funded media programs. Brief reference is made to the recently enacted revision of the Copyright Law, Title 17 of the U.S. Code. Distinction is made between the common law ...

LITIGATION FOR PERSONAL INJURY FOLLOWING ACCIDENTAL TRAUMA IS AN EXPENSIVE AND CONFUSED PROCESS INVOLVING THREE PROTAGONISTS: patient, doctor and lawyer. Although post-traumatic conditions can be elaborately classified, the intrinsic validity of such classifications is often questionable. Current methods of evaluating psychological sequelae of accidental injury are inaccurate and unsatisfactory, partly ...

In April 1962 the Alberta Government passed legislation permitting a pharmacist to substitute drugs on a written medical prescription unless the doctor indicated otherwise. The intent was stated to be in the interests of cheaper drugs for the people of Alberta. The legality of this legislature has been questioned in ...

1. Procedures have been developed for studying quantitatively the response of the male American cockroach to the odorous attractant of the female. 2. The percentage of male roaches responding to extracts of the attractant of the female has been found to vary with the log of the concentration of the ...