Of Competence and Referrals: When a Doctor’s Failure to Refer a Patient to another Physician Constitutes Malpractice?
By Alex Stein Four days ago, the Supreme Court of South Dakota delivered an important decision on when a physician’s failure to refer a patient to another doctor constitutes malpractice. St. John v. Peterson, — N.W.2d —- (S.D. 2015), 2015 WL 3505401. This decision hides in the Court’s rulings on the admissibility of evidence, and so…