TEXTBOOK: Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
- Author: George D. Pozgar
- Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
- Edition: 14
Read the cases on pages 261 and 198 and answer the questions below.
Williams v. Kilgore:
- Was the plaintiff’s malpractice action time-barred?
- Discuss the legal and ethical issues involved in the case (e.g., documentation in the medical record indicating that the needle fragment had been removed).
Hoffman v. Moore
- Was the hospital liable for the malpractice of Lina under the theory of respondeat superior?
- Under what conditions could the hospital have been liable for Lina’s alleged negligence?
- Can the patient recover damages from the radiologist who performed the radiologic procedure?
- Can the patient recover damages from the Pinehurst radiology group?