Law 3101A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Health Professional, Psych, Microform
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Healthcare law 3101a final exam review chapters 6-12. Can be held accountable for negligence from any aspect of their professional responsibilities. If operation fails, patient dies, cancer returns, patient has a severe reaction to a medication, etc. Does not constitute negligence: health practitioners cannot be held accountable for negligence simply because their decision in hindsight was proven to be wrong. Locality rule physicians are expected to keep abreast of. Corridor consultations, even if they are not paid developments in their fields of practice (greater communications and publishing technology journals, conferences, education programs) Hospital = negligent b/c they failed to protect plaintiff with knowledge of risk: (3) residents, case; wills v. saunders. Died 7 months later ministry obtained warrant and found 29: kav. In addition to their common law, equitable and professional obligations, practitioners must comply with all of their statutory record keeping, confidentiality, disclosure, and access obligations: statutes governing a single service or institution include: the.
