Consent insulates the physician from liability for assault and battery, which are intentional torts involving violating the patients’ bodily integrity. An extreme example would be sexual abuse under ...

Connecticut has taken temporary custody over a teenager in order to force her into chemotherapy treatment. She and her mother have requested from the courts that she be able to determine if she ...

Informed consent cases have become a rarity since forms have been standardized and the process has been mandated by law. Lack of informed consent is of two varieties: the complete absence of consent ...

Increasingly, medical procedures in the United States are being performed in ASCs. According to statistics released earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center ...

Typically when it comes to mental health treatment for adolescents, it is the parents who motivate and push their children to attend an evaluation or treatment session. The teens themselves may be ...