Reciprocity and Liability Protections during the Covid-19 Pandemic

During the Covid-19 pandemic, as resources dwindled, clinicians, health care institutions, and policymakers have expressed concern about potential legal liability for following crisis standards of care (CSC) plans. Although there is no robust empirical research to demonstrate that liability protecti...

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Authors: Gutmann Koch, Valerie (Author) ; Hoffmann, Diane E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley 2021
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 5-7
Further subjects:B crisis standards of care plans
B scarce resource allocation
B Covid-19
B Reciprocity
B legal liability
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