Entries by Sanger Law Office

Kansas And Missouri Professional Licensing Attorney Discusses The Importance Of Effective Doctor-Patient Communication

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Kansas and Missouri professional licensing attorney Danielle Sanger has vast experience representing medical professionals who are facing professional discipline. Through her experience, she has learned that effective communication between the healthcare provider and the patient is essential. Physicians and other medical professionals have an obligation to communicate with their patients. Patients need to know their […]

Kansas And Missouri Professional Licensing Attorney Asks Whether It is Ethical To Hasten One Death To Save Another Person?

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Kansas and Missouri professional licensing attorney Danielle Sanger believes this is an important question to ask even if the answer at first blush might be repugnant. However, police are investigating an anesthesiologist in Los Angeles, CA for doing just that. The Los Angeles County coroner is conducting an investigation, in conjunction with local law enforcement […]

Missouri Nursing Discipline Explained

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Kansas and Missouri professional licensing attorney Danielle Sanger has tremendous experience in her legal career representing nurses facing professional discipline. Attorney Sanger understands that nurses play an invaluable role in our healthcare.  Rather, they are the liaison between patient and physician. Not only do they assist doctors with monitoring patients, taking vital signs, and delivering […]

Medical Professionals Have An Ethical Duty To Prevent Assaults In Their Practice

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According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, law enforcement officers in Fulton County Georgia charged a man with crimes related to sexually assaulting women who were under anesthesia. The male nurse was booked into the Fulton County jail on allegations of two counts of sexual battery and two counts of custodial sexual assault. The man turned himself […]

Kansas And Missouri Professional Licensing Attorney Discusses Bullying In The Medical Field

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Our children’s schoolyards are not the only place bullying occurs. Bullying is a significant problem in the medical profession, especially among doctors and nurses. Bullying can lead to more significant problems in the workplace and can jeopardize the performance of healthcare professionals. Bullying can cause substantial job dissatisfaction as well as create or exacerbate the […]

Missouri Professional Licensing Defense Attorney Talks About Complying With OSHA Standards Can Help Clinicians Avoid Professional Discipline

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated guidelines for safety in clinical offices. OSHA operates on the simple premise that employers have an obligation to provide their employees with a safe work environment. Issues about workplace safety can arise during the course of treatment of a patient. It is important to recognize the potential […]

Missouri Professional Licensing Attorney Addresses Code Of Conduct For Architects And Similar Professions

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The Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Professional Landscape Architects (the Board) is the licensing authority for those practicing in these professions. The Board must ensure that licensees are qualified to practice these professions and follow the rules of professional conduct regulating them. Thus, the Board performs a vital function for the […]

Kansas and Missouri Professional Licensing Attorney Discusses Ethical Considerations Of Online Therapy

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With so much of our lives entombed in computers, there is little surprise that therapy sessions are now available online. The American Psychological Association (APA) calls the trend “telepsychology.” Telepsychology, according to the APA is the general rubric for any therapy session that is conducted either online, via a web service, or over a telecommunications […]

Kansas Professional Licensing Attorney Discusses Code of Ethics for Emergency Medical Technicians

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Emergency medical service (EMS) providers may be better known as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). The title also includes paramedics. However one refers to them, EMTs are on the front lines helping save people every day by responding to car accidents, heart attacks, strokes, choking victims, people who stopped breathing, drug overdoses, gunshot victims, women who […]