Pearls of Wisdom

Nutrition
Nutrition
02/01/2022
Your patient is a 41-year-old woman with overweight who is trying to lose weight. She reports that although she monitors her overall calorie intake, she doesn't pay much attention to the quality of food she...
02/01/2022
Nutrition
Nutrition
02/01/2022
Your patient is a 41-year-old woman with overweight who is trying to lose weight. She reports that although she monitors her overall calorie intake, she doesn't pay much attention to the quality of food she...
02/01/2022
Nutrition
Nutrition
02/01/2022
Your patient is a 41-year-old woman with overweight who is trying to lose weight. She reports that although she monitors her overall calorie intake, she doesn't pay much attention to the quality of food she...
02/01/2022
Medical Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
01/27/2022
A patient was at the hospital for a colonoscopy. As she was walking from the preparation room to the procedure room, she allegedly slipped on a wet floor and sustained injuries as a result.
01/27/2022
Treatment
Treatment
01/20/2022
Ann W. Latner, JD
Does a hospitalized patient have a right to a specific treatment? This was basically the question that a Delaware court had to recently decide. The patient checked himself into the hospital where he was...
01/20/2022
Treatment
Treatment
01/20/2022
Ann W. Latner, JD
Does a hospitalized patient have a right to a specific treatment? This was basically the question that a Delaware court had to recently decide. The patient checked himself into the hospital where he was...
01/20/2022
Treatment
Treatment
01/20/2022
Ann W. Latner, JD
Does a hospitalized patient have a right to a specific treatment? This was basically the question that a Delaware court had to recently decide. The patient checked himself into the hospital where he was...
01/20/2022
Treatment
Treatment
01/20/2022
Ann W. Latner, JD
Does a hospitalized patient have a right to a specific treatment? This was basically the question that a Delaware court had to recently decide. The patient checked himself into the hospital where he was...
01/20/2022
Seizure
Seizure
01/13/2022
Ann W. Latner, JD
Two days after a child was discharged from the hospital following an accidental fall at a daycare, the child experienced severe seizures and irreparable brain damage, which left her wheelchair bound, blind,...
01/13/2022
Vitamin D
Vitamin D
01/11/2022
Timothy S. Harlan, MD
Your patient is a 52-year-old man who isn’t getting enough vitamin D. He tells you that because of a fear of skin cancer, he tries to avoid unprotected exposure to sunlight and that he struggles to find...
01/11/2022