Laws in Health Care

You are working as the manager of a multispecialty clinic. You have been notified that a patient has filed a lawsuit against one of your physicians that has terminated a relationship with a patient. Executive management has asked you to prepare a memo to describe whether a patient can make a successful claim for a breach of contract in this case.

In this 2–3-page memo, discuss whether the physician-patient relationship is a contract and what needs to be shown for a breach of contract to have occurred.

Assignment Objectives

Differentiate between tort law, criminal law and contract law as they relate in the healthcare setting

Class Book

Medical Law and Ethics,
Bonnie F. Fremgen