A county-supported hospital elects to limit surgical procedures for morbid obesity to male patients. Female patients receive pharmacologic therapy, counseling, and instruction for diet and exercise, but are excluded from operative procedures
Under which legal concept is this illegal? 1. Res judicata
2. Due process of law
3. Stare decisis
4. Equal protection under the law
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Rationale: Res judicata means "a thing or matter settled by judgment" and prevents the same parties in the original lawsuit from retrying the same issues involved in the first lawsuit.
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