Side Effect (Health Care) Law and Legal Definition
Side effect in the context of health care refers to harmful and undesired effect or a problem generated by treatment or medication or other intervention such as surgery. Side effects are also called adverse effects. Sometimes they are called iatrogenic because they are created by a physician or treatment. An example of a side effect is allergy caused by an antibiotic.
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- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
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- Actuarial Equivalent (Health Care)
- Acute Care
- Additional Health Services
- Additional-Consideration Rule
- Adequate and Full Consideration in Money or Money’s Worth
