The Student will discuss with the radiologist who worked with the patient and did not approve of the treatment and then will talk to the cardiologist who performed the treatment without the consent of the patient. The Student will work with Bright Road Chief Counsel to analyze the data and determine Bright Road’s liability in this case.
1. we’ll be stepping outside of the world of negligence and into the arena of informed consent.
2. performed an unauthorized procedure?
3. The patient s filed a suit against Bright Road because when he underwent a cardiac catheterization, the cardiologist extended the procedure beyond which the patient did not consent to.
4. Patient was harmed by the additional treatment?
What would be the recommendations on the hospital’s liability on this patient?