Abstract
Since 2009, Professor Pope has authored a quarterly Legal Briefing column for the Journal of Clinical Ethics. Each briefing comprehensively reviews legal developments concerning a particular issue in clinical bioethics. The Journal of Clinical Ethics owns the exclusive copyright to distribute the full-text content.This issue’s Legal Briefing column covers recent legal developments involving informed consent. The authors covered this topic in previous articles in The Journal of Clinical Ethics. But an updated discussion is warranted. First, informed consent remains a central and critically important issue in clinical ethics. Second, there have been numerous significant legal changes over the past year. We categorize recent legal developments into the following 13 categories:1. Medical Malpractice Liability2. Medical Malpractice Liability in Wisconsin3. Medical Malpractice Liability in Novel Situations4. Enforcement by Criminal Prosecutors5. Enforcement by State Medical Boards6. Enforcement through Anti-Discrimination Laws7. Statutorily Mandated Disclosures Related to End-of Life Counseling8. Statutorily Mandated Disclosures Related to Aid in Dying9. Statutorily Mandated Disclosures Related to Abortion10. Statutorily Mandated Disclosures Related to Telemedicine 11. Statutorily Mandated Disclosures Related to Other Interventions12. Statutorily Mandated Gag and Censorship Laws13. Informed Consent in the Research Context
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