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The Department of Medical Humanities
Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine
PO Box 19603
913 N. Rutledge
Springfield IL
62794-9603
TEL: 217.545.4261
FAX: 217.545.7903

Contact:
lcleverdon@siumed.edu
 for further information.

Updated
June 1, 2006

Theodore R. LeBlang, J.D.
Emeritus Professor of Law and Medicine, SIU Schools of Medicine and Law  
Research Interests
  • Legal aspects of medical practice
  • Medical malpractice law
  • Legal issues in the physician-patient relationship
  • Informed consent
  • The physician’s role in the administration of justice
  • Legal-medicine education
Curricular Topics
  • General law and medicine
  • Medical malpractice
  • Legal aspects of informed consent
  • Privacy and confidentiality
  • Withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining treatment
  • The physician as an expert witness
  • Abortion and the law
  • Mental health law
  • Domestic violence

Degrees and Granting Institutions

 

 
B.A., Pennsylvania State University
J.D., University of Illinois College of Law

 

 

 

For further information, please refer to
Mr. LeBlang's .pdf file.