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M B Kapp

Publications and source records attributed to M B Kapp.

At least 127 records · Page 7Linked to original sources
PubMed1984

Supervising professional trainees: legal implications for mental health institutions and practitioners.

When a professional trainee has been involved in the care of a patient who claims to be physically or emotionally injured as a result of that care and files a lawsuit, the trainee, his clinical supervisors, the school in which the trainee is enrolled, and the affiliated health care institution may all be potential defendants in the lawsuit. The liability of the supervisor and the facilities may depend on the supervisory functions they have in relation to the trainee. The author examines the legal implications of these supervisory functions for the training of mental health professionals and discusses the potential direct and vicarious liabilities associated with such responsibilities.

Community Mental Health Services↗
PubMed1983

Legal implications of clinical supervision of medical students and residents.

When a medical student or resident has been involved in the care of a patient who claims to be injured as a result of that care, the student, resident, clinical faculty members, medical school, and affiliated health care institution may all be potential defendants in a lawsuit filed by the patient. The liability of the faculty member, school, and institution may arise out of the supervisory position they occupy regarding students and residents. In this article, the author examines the legal implications raised by these supervisory functions and explicates potential liabilities associated with such responsibilities.

Faculty, Medical↗
PubMed1983

Children's assent for participation in pediatric research protocols. Assessing national practice.

A survey instrument was used to gather and evaluate data from medical schools and children's hospitals concerning prevailing national practice on the issue of whether pediatric researchers should be required to obtain informed assent from a minor subject, in addition to parental consent, as a precondition to the participation of the minor in the research protocol. Implications are drawn from the survey results.

Child↗
PubMed1983

Placebo therapy and the law: prescribe with care.

The use of placebos by physicians for therapeutic purposes is a common part of clinical medical practice. This Article examines the legal and ethical ramifications of placebo prescription. In particular, ethical concerns are related to substantive legal theories that may be advanced to attack or defend the practice of placebo therapy in particular cases. The author concludes that, under certain strictly defined circumstances, the use of placebos in patient care is ethically and legally justifiable. However, from any perspective, the rights and duties inherent in the physician-patient relationship must be respected by the physician when considering the clinical use of placebos.

Ethics, Medical↗
PubMed1982

Abortion and informed consent requirements.

Supreme Court decisions have liberalized a woman's right to decide whether to obtain an abortion. Some state and local governments have tried to circumvent these decisions by enacting requirements designed to discourage abortions by, among other things, dictating to physicians an elaborate litany of specific information that must be communicated to a patient as a necessary precondition of her informed consent for an abortion. This article discusses the legal status of such requirements, their implications for the professional autonomy of physicians, and the role of the medical profession in challenging these restrictions, on its own behalf and in concert with its patients.

Abortion, Legal↗