Health care providers' duty to warn. : An article from: Southern Medical Journal [HTML]

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Southern Medical Association on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 3188 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Health care providers' duty to warn.
Author: Judith J. Regan
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2002
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 95 Issue: 12 Page: 1396(4)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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ABSTRACT: Since the fifth century BC, physicians have sworn to uphold the Hippocratic Oath that includes the statement, "Whatever, in connection with my professional service,...I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not be spoken abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret." However, health care and provider responsibility have evolved so as to make this more difficult for physicians to uphold. We discuss growing issues surrounding health care providers' ability to maintain patient confidentiality and to perform their responsibilities, and their "duty to warn and/or protect" third parties. Particular Tennessee cases heard on appeal show a change in the health care environment relative to provider liability to third...


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