Duty to Warn in the Emergency Department: Three Medical Legal Cases That Illustrate Providers’ Broad Risk and Liability

This article presents three medical-legal cases that define a physician’s duty to warn and include caveats on medical practice within the scope of the law. Some physicians may not recognize that these legal and liability requirements extend not only to physical danger, but also to infectious disease...

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Autores principales: Pfaff, Rosemary, Berkeley, Ross P., Moore, Gregory, Heniff, Melanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
Materias:
Medical Legal Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32926668
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.5.47222
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Sumario:This article presents three medical-legal cases that define a physician’s duty to warn and include caveats on medical practice within the scope of the law. Some physicians may not recognize that these legal and liability requirements extend not only to physical danger, but also to infectious diseases, medical illness, and drug effects.

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