Medical Law & Ethics
The Cuthrell Law Firm understands the pillars of Medical Law & Ethics (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice). We recognize how some medical situations can complicate decision-making processes that create challenges to determine which appropriate rights, regulations, and responsibilities to uphold while trying to reduce and/or eliminate the risk of medical violations, sanctions, errors, and lawsuits. We aim to provide guidance to medical ethics committees (hospitals and medical clinics) and help evaluate healthcare professionals’ (physicians and nurses) recommendations while explaining patient-centered care legal requirements and the obligation to respect patient/family’s rights and decisions.
The Cuthrell Law Firm offers Medical Law & Ethics consulting services for matters involving:
- Hospital Ethics Committee
- Clinic Ethics Committee
- Patient Rights
- Patient-Centered Care
- Medicolegal Standards of Care
- Defensive Medicine
- Physicians/Nurses’ Rights, Obligations, and Responsibilities
- Bioethics
- Informed Consent
- Confidentiality
- Capacity
- Competence
- Blood Transfusions (Religious matters)
- End-of-Life Care
- Medical Treatment for a Pregnant Minor
- Substance Use Treatment for a Minor
- Treatment to an Emancipated Minor
- Medical Treatment for a Pregnant Woman
- Emergency Medical Treatment
- Truth-Telling with Medical Conditions
- Breaking Confidentiality to Prevent Harm to Others
- Medical Records and Correcting Errors
- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
- Right to Refuse Treatment
- Futile Care
- Organ Donor
- Donation and Selling of Unfertilized vs Fertilized Sperm and Eggs
- Child Abuse
- Elderly Abuse
- Spousal Abuse
- Reporting an Impaired Healthcare Professional
- Gifts from Patients or Family Members
- Medical Research and Experiments
- Impaired Driver
- Hereditary / Genetic Condition Disclosure
