MALPRACTICE--CIRCUMCISION

75 ALR4th 710

ANNOTATION

 

LIABILITY FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN
CONNECTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF
CIRCUMCISION

By

Jay M. Zitter, J.D.

[CIRP Note: The American Law Reports are an aid for lawyers who are contemplating litigation. This file contains the table of contents and the index of the portion relating to medical malpractice in connection with male circumcision. Lawyers contemplating litigation in connection with male circumcision are directed to a law library to see the complete text and latest supplement.]

Liability for medical malpractice in connection with
performance of circumcision

           I. PRELIMINARY MATTERS

§ 1. Introduction
        [a] Scope
        [b] Related matters
§ 2. Summary and comment
        [a] In general
        [b] Practice pointers

          II. PARTICULAR ALLEGATIONS OF NEGLIGENCE

§ 3. Inadequacy of warning of danger of circumcision device
§ 4. Lack of informed consent
        [a] To perform circumcision
        [b] To perform vasectomy during circumcision operation
        [c] To remove diseased penile tissue during circumcision operation
§ 5. Performance of circumcision in improper manner
        [a] Generally
        [b] Cutting urethra during operation
        [c] Using unfamiliar or modified technique
        [d] Improper injection
        [e] Improper use of circumcision device
§ 6. Inadequacy of postoperative care and treatment
§ 7. Inadequacy of medical school's instruction of resident
§ 8. Inadequacy of medical school's supervision of resident

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INDEX

Acid treatment for warts, §§ 5[b], 6
Anesthetic, §§ 5[d], 6
Blisters, § 5[d]
Blood, generally, § 5[e]
Burns, §§ 5[c,e], 6,8
Cancer, §§ 4[b], 5[b]
Chemicals, §§ 4[b], 5[b, d], 6
Clamps, § 5[e]
Consent, §4
Cysts, § 5[e]
Death of person, § 6
Digitalis, § 5[d]
Diseased tissue, §§ 4[a, c], 5[b, d], 6
Drugs, §§ 5[b, d]
Electrosurgical device, §§ 5[c, e], 7, 8
Erysipelas, § 6
Glan, § 5[e]
Gomko circumcision clamp, § 5[e]
Guillotine technique, § 7
Heart stimulant, § 5[d]
Impure anesthetic, §§ 5[d], 6
Inadequacy of warnings, § 3
Induration, § 6
Infections,
Inflammation, §§ 4[a, b], 5[b], 6
Informed Consent, § 4
Injections, §§ 5[d], 6
Instruction of resident physicians, §§ 7, 8
Introduction, § 1
Knowledge, §§ 3, 5[e]
Malignant condition, §§ 4[b], 5[b]
Manner of performing operation, generally, § 5
Manual of use of device, § 5[c]
Medical School, §§ 7, 8
Modification of technique § 5[c]
Narcotics, §§ 5[b,d]
Notice and knowledge, § 3
Novacain, §§ 5[d], 6
Nurses, § 6
Opium, § 5[d]
Plastibell Device, §§ 4[a], 5[e]
Postoperative care, § 6
Practice pointers, § 6
Practice pointers, § 2[b]
Preliminary matters, §§ 1, 2
Presumptions, § 5[c]
Prothesis, § 4[a]
Quality of care, generally, §§ 5[b], 6
Rabbi, § 4[a]
Related matters, §1[b]
Res ipso locquitur, §§ 5[e], 5[d]
Resident physicians, §§ 7, 8
Scalpels, §§ 5[c], 7