McCourt v. Abernathy
Country: United StatesYear: 1995
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Citation: McCourt v. Abernathy 457 S.E. 2d 603 (S.C. 1995)
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Medical malpractice
Human Rights: Right to health
Facts:
Tags: Compensation, Damages, Diagnostics, Duty of care, Emergency care, Examination, Inadequate treatment, Misdiagnosis, Negligence, Primary care, Standard of care, Testing, TortRespondent, Steven McCourt, as representative of his wife, Wendy McCourt, brought wrongful death and survival causes of action against appellant physicians, Glenn Abertnathy and J.D. Clyde and Family Medicine Associates. Decedent Wendy McCourt sought treatment from appellants in December 1987. Dr. Abernathy obtained a history from Wendy revealing a history of liver problems. In March …Read more
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Francisco C. De La Rama v. The People’s Court
Country: PhilippinesYear: 1946
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: G.R. No. L-982
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Infectious diseases, Medicines, Poverty, Prisons
Human Rights: Right to liberty and security of person
Facts:
Tags: Access to drugs, Access to health care, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, Custody, Detainee, Detention, Diagnostics, Examination, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Indigent, Inmate, Low income, Lung disease, Poor, TB, Testing, TuberculosisThe Petitioner was an accused seeking bail on the grounds of ill health. In the meantime, he had filed a motion asking for permission to be confined and treated in a hospital while the bail petition was being considered. The People’s Court ordered that the Petitioner be temporarily confined and treated in the Quezon Institute, …Read more
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