Citation

Samuels A. Med. Leg. J. 2019; 87(2): 65-66.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817219830584

PMID

31066338

Abstract

This study describes the legal liabilities when the discharged or released on leave patient harms himself or a third party. The nature of the duty of the doctor and the hospital are explained.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Physicians; Homicide; suicide; Violence; Liability, Legal; Mentally Ill Persons; Criminal Law; Mental Disorders; Treatment Refusal; legal liability; right to life; killing; duty of care; discharge; escape; Mental health patient; release; rights of family; voluntary and involuntary