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Duties to the Patient and Beyond: Where is the Line Drawn?
Author(s) -
LoK V.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2002.tb00308.x
Subject(s) - advice (programming) , duty , the internet , psychology , public relations , medicine , nursing , political science , law , computer science , world wide web , programming language
The decisions in two recent Australian cases, emphasize the tendency for the Courts to place weight on the reliance of patients and others, to act on the advice provided by practitioners. In doing so, the duty of the practitioner to his or her patient has been extended to include third parties such as the patient's sexual partner and the patient's parents. Additionally, the decisions have shown that practitioners need to maintain a level of knowledge in the provision of advice expected of a professional as patients rely heavily on the information provided by the practitioners. This may include information that is available on the Internet.