Re: Psych question

From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri Mar 22 18:47:37 2002


i wonder if the recent decision by the Bush administration on the privacy regs impacts these situations?

art

At Fri, 22 Mar 2002, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: >
>In a message dated 3/22/02 12:50:40 PM, rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com writes:
>
><< What do I do now? My gut feeling is to call her husband and have her
>
>admitted to a psych hospital. I’d lose a patient, but what are the legal and
>
>ethical rights? She seems competent and not likely to kill herself at this
>
>time. >>
>
>Depends on your jurisdicition. You need to find out from your friendly
>neighborhood healthcare lawyer whether there is a specific statute where you
>are immunizing doctors who notify the authorities/potential victims/family
>about patients who may be dangerous to themselves/others. Really... you may
>have a specific immunity under the circumstances you describe. Call one now!
>
>Joe P.

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