Health care providers' duty to warn

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1396-1399

  Regan, Judith J ^a,b   Alderson, Ann ^a   Regan, William M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tennessee Mental Health Consumers Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036991816     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200295120-00008     Document Type: Article

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