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Medical negligence : non-patient and third party claims
Author
Title
Medical negligence : non-patient and third party claims / Rachael Mulheron.
ISBN
0754691128
9780754691129
0754646971
9780754646976
Published
Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1, 419 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Healthcare professionals face an increasing threat of litigation from parties whom they have never met in their daily medical practice and who look nothing like the traditional patient. This book explores the legal principles and conundrums which arise when determining a healthcare professional's liability in negligence towards a wide variety of non-patients.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Mulheron, Rachael P. Medical negligence. Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The book : an overview
Establishing negligence in novel non-patient scenarios
Injuries to non-patients caused by physically-impaired or mentally-ill patients
Contraction or inheritance of disease by non-patients from patients
Bad samaritan liability : failing to assist non-patients
Good samaritan liability : intervening to assist non-patients
Pure economic loss claims by third parties associated with the patient
Pure psychiatric injury claims by third parties associated with the patient
'Fear-of-the-future' claims by non-patients
Wrongfully-accused third parties in neglect or abuse cases
Appendix : Potential liability to non-patients and third parties : a synopsis for healthcare professionals.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Liability, Legal
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