Questions tagged [health]
Questions relating to the practice of medicine or provision of healthcare
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How is it legal for a hospital to put two patients together in the same room in the US?
In the United States we have HIPAA regulations in place to (among other things) prevent healthcare providers, insurance providers, and any other entity that handles medical information from leaking ...
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Is “do not resuscitate” on a t-shirt a legal order?
A few months back, I watched a House episode that featured him violating a DNR order, and being taken to court for it.
A few days ago, I've come across a do-not-resuscitate t-shirt on one of the t-...
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Why must I consent to treatment at the eye doctor when implied consent is obvious?
Whenever I get a checkup with my eye doctor, they have me sign a consent-to-treat form. I never gave it a second thought. This last visit, though, the front desk attendant was distracted when I ...
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Does the New York State Governor have the authority to impose fines?
The New York State Governor has allegedly declared a "fine for violations of the state's social distancing protocol from $500 to $1,000...."
The government website claiming that declaration ...
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Can a U.S. President's doctor refuse to answer medical-related questions asked by a Congressional committee?
Say that in the event that the 25th Amendment was to be invoked due to the suspicion that the U.S. President was no longer physically and/or mentally capable of performing his/her Presidential duties, ...
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Is it possible for me to break a lease that is co-signed if my health suffers from staying at the apartment?
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I live in an apartment in Georgia and the tenant above me is smoking a lot of marijuana every day and has been doing so for the last three months. While inside the apartment, I ...
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Constitutionality of more restrictive bans on assembly
Virginia’s governor issued a ‘stay at home order’ that will be enforced by fines, and is in effect until June 10th, unless otherwise revoked. This includes the ban on groups of 10 or more.
All public ...
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Was I forced into a mental hospital legally?
If, after an accidental Xanax overdose, a person went to the ER to be safe, is it legal for the hospital to force them into a psychiatric hospital for three days? What if the person told the nurses it ...
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Ex-housemate cancelling NHS appointments (United Kingdom)
For a year or so, my wife and I lived in a shared household with largely random people in the UK. We did not get on well with one individual, and after a year we chose to move out into our own place. ...
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Can doctor's offices withhold test results for some length of time?
Massachusetts/USA here. I had a EMG a few days ago and scheduled a followup with my doctor for later in the month (about 3 weeks from now). I am very anxious to hear the results.
I just called and ...
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Are pre-employment drug screening results not obtainable by the patient?
Can an individual require access to his pre-employment drug screening results in the United States? I am mostly interested in California and Massachusetts.
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Must doctors and other medical practicioners give treatments based on science? [closed]
I went to see a counsellor at my university and he said he wanted to do dream interpretation with me. After talking to other doctors and google searching, I found dream interpretation is complete ...
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How long do patients have to wait to get lab results in California?
I read on http://www.chcf.org/~/media/MEDIA%20LIBRARY%20Files/PDF/E/PDF%20ElectronicLabResultsExchangePolicy.pdf :
(CA = California).
which means patients used to not be authorized to access their ...
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Log Viewing Specific Patient PHI?
Under the HIPAA and HITECH Regulations (US) is it required for a system to record an audit trail for every time a user accesses any PHI(Protected Health Information)?
As I understand it, an audit ...
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How much privacy about my health am I giving up if I participate in my employer's wellness screening program?
My employer is having a "Wellness Screening Fair" where you can receive free testing for things like cholesterol and insulin, and I imagine advice about how to interpret the results. Sounds good.. But ...
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