We now have three authoritative Supreme Court statutory interpretation decisions adding flesh to the statutory bones. Many of ...

ACP-R (R for resuscitation) means that patients are to receive all treatments, including CPR and artificial ventilation. If we do not know the wishes of that patient or family, we designate them as ...

The Montana Supreme Court has said that a popular former oncologist at St. Peter’s Health in Helena, who was also the subject of a national investigative story about his “substandard” ...

Dustin Stinson, 35, of Nashville, has been charged with four counts of Level 5 felony possession of child pornography, victim ...

The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a District Court judge’s ruling in favor of St. Peter’s Health against Helena oncologist ...

Settings Multicultural community group and local hospitals containing medical/surgical ICUs ... the standard question of asking do not resuscitate status was perceived by family as an inappropriate ...

Ethics approval and patient consent for participation in the SITS-ISTR were obtained ... Ethics Committee for this project as part of the SITS-MOST II study framework (DNR 2022-01157-02), and the ...

One North Alabama lawmaker wants to raise the age at which individuals can make their own medical decisions. State Senator ...

In Utah, patients who consent to "hormonal transgender treatment" or surgery on "sex characteristics" while they are minors ...

Informed consent is a central component of healthcare, ensuring that patients receive appropriate information from their clinician about the risks and benefits of a medical procedure or treatment ...

Two basically identical bills that would raise the age, from 14 to 18, at which people can make their own medical decisions moved through the Alabama Senate Committee on Children and Youth Health on ...