Judgments reversed in patient suicide

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The Texas Supreme Court reversed a trial court's ruling in favor of a nurse and a physician who had been accused of wrongful death by the family of a suicide victim. The victim, a long-term mental patient, commited suicide after being denied admission to a hospital. The court upheld the trial court's ruling for the hospital, a government entity, on the grounds of sovereign immunity.

Hospitals, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Physicians & Surgeons, Nurses, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Community Hospitals, Cases, Mentally ill persons, Physicians, Medical professions, Suicide, Mentally ill, Wrongful death, Suicide victims

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Studies define standard of care, even when they conflict

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A recent study by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics concludes that fewer than 10 percent of cases of neurological impairment in newborns are caused by something that happened during childbirth. Joseph M. Price, a legal expert involving in cases of pharmaceuticals and medical devices answers queries related to the issue.

United States, Health aspects, Care and treatment, Diagnosis, Risk factors, Infants (Newborn), Newborn infants, Nervous system diseases

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