Medical Economics spoke with health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., about vendor contracts, patient consent and the malpractice questions physicians could face next.
|Articles|September 4, 2009
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Author(s)Medical Economics Staff
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"Did you remember to take your medication, dear?"
"Yes, I do lots of walking ever since we lost the TV remote."
"I've felt sick all week. I don't want to see the doctor. I know what he'll say … 'Stop smoking and drinking … lose weight … exercise.' What a broken record that guy is."
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