Bioethics

The practice of medicine necessarily involves the most private and fundamental of decisions. These decisions are made daily by medical professionals and their patients without the involvement of the legal system. Unfortunately, legal assistance is required in many cases to resolve these difficult issues. The firm advises clients regarding advance directives, the propriety of removal of life support systems, the definition of death under state law, FDA regulations regarding research involving human subjects and individually identifiable health information, the conduct of institutional review boards, required consents to harvest organs for transplant and other related issues.

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