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A group concerned with highway deaths and injuries offers facts and figures on safety belt and airbag use, speeding, impaired driving and more.
American Academy of Pain Management: Patient's Bill of Rights
The American Hospital Association first developed the Patient's Bill of Rights and different medical institutions and organizations have adopted various forms of it. Here's one variation.
COBRA Benefits
Many situations may put an individual's continued medical coverage at risk.
Layoffs, employee bankruptcy, divorce, to name a few. Enter COBRA, the federal law that requires employers to offer covered individuals the option of continuing to have group health care plan coverage. And here's a nutshell guide to COBRA.
The Consumer Law Page
Articles, reports, links and other resources on defective products, toxic torts, accidents, insurance and other topics of interest to law consumers.
Consumer Products Safety Commission
This independent federal agency protects the public from the unreasonable risk of injury or
death from 15,000 types of consumer products. The Commission posts product warnings, recall
notices, safety tips and links to other government offices concerned with safety. Stop in to report
a product-related injury.
From Disability Resources, Inc., here's a big, award-winning guide to thousands of disability-related sites and services in Web town, with news and publications, including the Disability Resources Monthly.
EMF-Link
While experts carry on the debate over the hazards of electromagnetic fields, plug into a hot site that gathers information on "the biological and health effects of electric
and magnetic fields (EMFs) from common sources such as power lines, electrical wiring, appliances,
medical equipment, communications facilities, cellular phones, and computers."
Federal Tort
Claims Act
Is the federal government responsible for your injury?
You may be entitled to recover under this statute. (Ask your favorite lawyer to translate it for you.)
Foods, cosmetics, drugs, vaccines, medical devices, pet and animal feed research. The FDA is all over it. This consumer agency of the Department of Health and Human Services monitors "the manufacture, import, transport, storage and sale of about $1 trillion worth of products each year."
Health Care Proxies: Articles
Health care proxies enable individuals to control their medical treatment by
naming a relative or trusted friend to decide about life-sustaining and other treatments if they are unable to
decide for themselves. These articles on health care proxies from the Alliance for the Mentally Ill/Friends and Advocates of the Mentally Ill focus on the needs of psychiatric patients, but the fundamentals apply
to everyone.
Managed Care: National Leap of Faith
Examine a comprehensive report on HMOs -- the good and the bad -- from the Chicago Tribune.
A Legal First Aid Primer: Before You Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer
From insurance claim procedures to suit filing deadlines and beyond, civil trial lawyer Richard Alexander presents his insights for people with personal injury cases.
Medical Malpractice Resource Page
Attorney Robert H. Hovis shares his thoughts on topics including tort reform and
"the realities of medical malpractice litigation." Peruse this site before you file the papers.
Medical Record Privacy
How confidential are your medical records? The Electronic Privacy Information
Center gathers resources on issues in medical
privacy law and policy, including patient and third party access, health
insurance data and new legislation.
A wellspring of information on airbags and child safety restraints, including information on the number of lives saved by airbags and the correct use of airbags with child safety seats. Also features detailed suggestions on maximizing child safety in the car.
Neurotrauma Law Center
Nathaniel Fick and the Law Offices of Fick & Petty created this page for "survivors, family members,
health care providers, social workers and all other interested individuals
whose lives and experiences are affected by Traumatic Brain Injury and
Spinal Cord Injury."
Organ and Tissue
Donation: Issues and Answers
Here's an invaluable roundup of information about organ transplants and donation, with articles, perspectives, statistics and links. Follow pointers to organizations involved with donation, take the donation quiz and visit the transplant memorial. Brought to you by the folks from TransWeb.
Personal Injury Law Review
Articles on personal injury law topics, courtesy of the law firm of Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz, Damashek & Shoot.
State Tobacco Information Center
State governments across the country are suing the tobacco industry to recover medical costs associated with
treating tobacco-related disease. Former Maine Attorney General Jim Tierney presents a showcase
of news, information and key litigation documents in these hot actions, compiled from AG offices, outside
counsel, Court TV and Counsel Connect libraries.
Frequently asked questions about the concept of negligence, from Hawaii's Legal Electric.
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