New from the MEDICAL-LEGAL STUDIES EJOURNAL

Table of Contents (browse all abstracts here:  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/JELJOUR_Results.cfm?form_name=journalbrowse&journal_id=1599282)

Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices
Michael Frakes, Harvard Law School, Petrie-Flom Center

Threat of Malpractice Lawsuit, Physician Behavior and Health Outcomes: A Re-evaluation of Practice of ‘Defensive Medicine’ in Obstetric Care
Praveen Dhankhar, affiliation not provided to SSRN
Mahmud Khan, Tulane University – Health System Management Area

Beware Those Bearing Gifts: Physicians’ Fiduciary Duty to Avoid Pharmaceutical Marketing
Thomas L. Hafemeister, University of Virginia School of Law
Sarah Payne Bryan, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP

A Medical/Legal Teaching and Assessment Collaboration on Domestic Violence: Assessment Using Standardized Patients/Standardized Clients
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, University of New Mexico School of Law
Cameron Crandall, University of New Mexico
Steve McLaughlin, University of New Mexico
Diane Rimple, University of New Mexico
Mary Neidhart, University of New Mexico
Teresita McCarty, University of New Mexico
Lou Clark, University of New Mexico
Carrie Martell, affiliation not provided to SSRN
Gabriel Campos, affiliation not provided to SSRN

The Boundaries of the Medical Conscientious Objection – About the Refusal of a Blood Transfusion by a Jehovah’s Witness
Jose Antonio Seoane, affiliation not provided to SSRN