Medicolegal issues in cluster headache.
This paper identifies legal issues of relevance to the diagnosis and treatment of cluster headache, including areas of actual and potential malpractice liability. Legal topics that are relevant to cluster headache can be divided into five categories: diagnostic-related issues, risks inherent in the disease process, prescribing and treatment-related problems, research-related issues, and disability determination.
Loder
Elizabeth
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2 Ropes & Gray LLP, One International Place, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jloder@ropesgray.com
Loder
John
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D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D014481:United States