Advanced Tort Law in Surgical Profession: Analysis of 50 Cases

by Naira R. Matevosyan

Unconscious null-para arrives in emergency room with the uterine rupture in progress. A cesarean section is performed followed by hysterectomy. Understandably, the surgery causes a permanent impairment. Result? No battery. Why? The hospital and physicians can prove an affirmative defense of consent. In a prima facie case, for a patient incapable of giving or withholding consent, the consent is implied by law. So too, there was no intent to harm the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492874604
• ISBN13: 9781492874607
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.0"