Podcasts

For easy listening, each podcast is under 5 minutes in length.

Please review our disclaimer, which further explains that these materials are offered for educational and informational purposes and not as legal advice or opinion.

How might an informed consent form help limit malpractice liability exposure?  This podcast discusses the possible liability protection afforded by a robust informed consent form. The talk also describes the potential benefits of an assumption of risk, and some of the legal caveats involved. This podcast further canvasses some of the basic terms that might be helpful in an informed consent form tailored specifically to inclusion of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies. Both physicians and allied health and CAM providers may benefit from an appropriate informed consent form when practicing integrative care.

What does a typical consultation look like?  This podcast explores some of the legal issues (such as licensure and scope of practice concerns, malpractice, and regulatory discipline, that arise when individual clinicians and entrepreneurs create an practice that includes complementary and alternative or holistic therapies, either in a solo clinic or in an integrative care center, or in a medical spa).

Which of your books should I read?  This podcast describes the various books, starting with Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Legal Boundaries and Regulatory Perspectives (1998) and describing through other publications through Healing at the Borderland of Medicine and Religion (2006) and The Practice of Integrative Medicine: A Legal and Operational Guide (2007). Included is a brief description of which audience (i.e., physician, allied health, or CAM clinician; entrepreneur; hospital executive or administrator; patient; or attorney or government regulator) might be most interested in a particular book.

How do you work?  This is a question people typically ask in the first call.  The podcast describes the way the attorney-client relationship is usually structured. In our Law Offices, we work hard to ensure that communication is effective and efficient.  Included in the podcast is a general explanation of the usual provisions in an attorney-client services agreement.