Duty of care or a matter of conduct : can a doctor refuse a person in need of urgent medical attention? Jessica Dean, Patrick Mahar, Erwin Loh, Karinne Ludlow.
2013
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Title
Duty of care or a matter of conduct : can a doctor refuse a person in need of urgent medical attention? Jessica Dean, Patrick Mahar, Erwin Loh, Karinne Ludlow.
Author
Imprint
Melbourne : The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (pages 746-748) : digital, PDF
Call Number
Online
Summary
Background: Medical practitioners may have their particular skills called upon outside a direct professional context. The responsibilities of medical practitioners outside their defined scope of clinical practice may not be clear to all clinicians. Objective: To consider the possible legal consequences of a doctor refusing to assist a person in need of urgent medical attention both in terms of medical negligence and professional misconduct. - Extract from article.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Series
Australian Family Physician ; vol 42 (10)
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