Duty of Care
References
The Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics:
Heidi Malm; Thomas May; Leslie P. Francis; Saad B. Omer; Daniel A. Salmon; Robert Hood. Loyola University, Chicago Medical College of Wisconsin, University of Utah, Johns Hopkins University, Florida Department of Health. Ethics, Pandemics, and the Duty to Treat. First Published on: 01 August 2008.The American Journal of Bioethics
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713606739
Healthcare and the Law: A View from the Bar. John Martland. Healthcare Quarterly, 12(Sp) 2009: e195-e198
The legal duty of physicians and hospitals to provide emergency care. Anne F. Walker This Article. CMAJ • February 19, 2002; 166 (4).
Picard and Robertson. Legal Liability of Doctors and Hospitals in Canada. Third (student) edition. Carswell Thomson Professional Publishing 1996.
Hall, Bobinski and Orentliche. Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships. Aspen Publishers 2005.
Downey, Caulfield and Flood. Canadian Health Law and Policy. Second Edtion. Butterworths 2002.
Downie and Gibson. Health Law at the Supreme Court of Canada. Irwin Law 2007.
Boumil, Elias and Moes. Medical Liability In a Nut Shell. Second Edition. Thomson West 2004.
Resources
- On line resource for philosophy which inclused applied ethics articles and research.
- You will have to register, but this is easily accomplished and well worth the effort.
In most provinces, a doctor or a nurse who voluntarily provides emergency treatment where there are inadequate facilities is protected by statute - commonly referred to as "Good Samaritan legislation" . The purpose is to encourage health care professionals to stop at the scene of an accident by providing immunity from liability in the absence of gross (very great) negligence.
References:
The legal duty of physicians and hospitals to provide emergency care. Anne F. Walker This Article. CMAJ • February 19, 2002; 166 (4)
