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Missouri and Kansas Law Differ Regarding Ex Parte Contact with Physicians

Nearly every ex parte conversation about a patient’s health is prohibited in Kansas and Missouri. Notwithstanding, physicians who practice medicine in both states are faced with conflicting rules relating to ex parte conversations in the context of litigation involving a patient. Physicians must do their level best to educate themselves on their ethical responsibilities owed […]

Kansas City Professional Responsibility Defense Attorney Discusses the Revocation of Hospital Privileges In Missouri

Loss or revocation of hospital privileges can have a devastating effect on a physician’s career. The adverse impact of such a decision is felt beyond the physician and her reputation in the healing arts. Most importantly, patients suffer as well. Consequently, physicians whose privileges have been limited, suspended, or revoked by a private, non-profit hospital […]

Nurses In Correctional Settings Face Ethical Challenges Unique to the Profession

As recently as 2013, the United States Department of Justice calculated the prison population of the country at over 1.5 million people. Over 31,000 people are in the custody of the Missouri Department of Correction. Meanwhile, over 10,000 are incarcerated in the Kansas Department of Correction. Nurses working in a correctional institution must set aside […]

Kansas Professional Licensing Attorney Summarizes the Ethical Duties of a Physical Therapist

Physical therapists profess to treat a multitude of common ailments by increasing mobility and motion in lieu of medical intervention. Physical therapy as a healing art is premised on the principle that moving “pain-free” is essential to good health and is a cost-effective alternative to other medical modalities. Physical therapists work with patients to increase […]

Practitioners of the Chiropractic Arts Must Maintain Highest Ethical Standards in Missouri

Chiropractic care continues to suffer from an image problem. Some believe that the chiropractic arts are a bit of witchcraft or voodoo because they are skeptical of its benefits as a healing art. Notwithstanding, given the proliferation of chiropractors in the United States, and in Missouri in particular, chiropractic care continues to grow as a […]

Decisions in 2015 by the Missouri Board of Healing Arts Lead to a Number of Physicians Losing Their License to Practice Medicine

The Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts has disciplined several medical doctors in 2015 for ethical violations. Most disciplinary actions resulted in a public reprimand or probation, while others have led to suspensions from practice for a given period of time. Some physicians have suffered catastrophic outcomes. To this point in 2015, five […]

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