Opinion: Risk, Harm Ratios of Legalizing Marijuana Need Closer Look
In response to the marijuana pro-con [“Legalizing Marijuana Will Make It Safer,” and “How Legalizing Marijuana Has…
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Opinion: Risk, Harm Ratios of Legalizing Marijuana Need Closer Look
In response to the marijuana pro-con [“Legalizing Marijuana Will Make It Safer,” and “How Legalizing Marijuana Has... -
Opinion: Physicians May Be Slow to Change Behaviors, Even With Threat of Malpractice
The article by Dr. Waxman in the January 2015 issue of ACEP Now [“What Is Really Driving... -
Threat of Malpractice Lawsuits May Not Be Driving Defensive Medicine
One of the great things about publishing in The New England Journal of Medicine is that old...
Opinion: Physicians May Be Slow to Change Behaviors, Even With Threat of Malpractice
The article by Dr. Waxman in the January 2015 issue of ACEP Now [“What Is Really Driving…
Threat of Malpractice Lawsuits May Not Be Driving Defensive Medicine
One of the great things about publishing in The New England Journal of Medicine is that old…
Readers Weigh in on Marijuana Legalization, Decriminalization
The argument that we, as a nation, can “Make Marijuana Safer by Making It Legal” [Oct. 2014]…
ACEP’s Expert Witness, Ethical Policies Should Be Enforced
As the article [“Do We Need a New Standard of Proof in Medical Malpractice Cases?” Sept. 2014]…
How Legalizing Marijuana Has Impacted Colorado
Colorado has had a long history with marijuana. It became one of the first states to allow medical marijuana in 2000.
Legalizing Marijuana Will Make It Safer
Prohibition of marijuana is a failed public health policy. Nearly 85 percent of Americans have tried marijuana. For at least two decades, it has been easier for adolescents to obtain marijuana than alcohol. Marijuana is the biggest cash crop in California. Nationwide, Americans spend and consume between $75 billion and $120 billion worth of marijuana annually.
Do We Need a New Standard of Proof in Medical Malpractice Cases?
Where is tort reform headed? Caps, safe harbors—perhaps nowhere? The jury is out. Caps (financial limits) on…
Blood Culture Testing: Send Samples Selectively to Lower Costs, Medico-Legal Risk
Your last patient on a shift is a 55-year-old well-appearing woman with fever and cough in whom…
Medical Claim Reimbursement Upheld for Auto-Related EMS Response, Trauma Care in Minnesota
Minnesota is a “no-fault” auto insurance state, providing that auto insurance policies include first-dollar medical coverage, up…