Resource Tag: PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY

~

~

In this article, the author explores the emotional reactions of therapists to the loss of a client to suicide, & suggests several actions for coping with the immediate aftermath of such a loss, which may help to ease the passage from therapist to survivor. (12 refs)

This article considers the question of whether school districts & district personnel can be considered liable in cases of student suicide in the United States. Inter-state differences in legal precedent are explored. Select school district intervention strategies are presented which can provide school personnel with explicit instructions regarding prevention, intervention, and postvention procedures for attempted […]

This article proposes an ethically justified forensic approach to extended suicide associated with major depression. Extended suicide is the phenomenon of murder of a family member(s) by a suicidal person when the murder is viewed as a way to protect the victim(s) from a life of suffering. The effects of depression on autonomy & particularly […]

Using personal homepages as a case in point, this article explores reasons why internet researchers should contemplate their responsibility for encountering in the course of their online research distressing disclosure of information indicating an online communicant is considering harming him/herself or others. Legal accountability & ethical & moral obligations are discussed, as are barriers to […]

The author argues that U.S. case law pertaining to prison suicide liability in Section 1983 civil lawsuits shows several trends in future liability considerations. Past Supreme Court decisions regarding deliberate indifference standards are compared with present deliberate indifference standards, arguing that recent decisions do not constitute a benefit to plaintiffs in prison suicide cases, but […]

The authors offer a law-&-policy vision of appropriate college responses to student suicide & self-inflicted injury based in large measure on the “facilitator” model first put forth by Professors Bickel & Lake in their book, “The Rights & Responsibilities of the Modern University: Who Assumes the Risks of College Life?” Rates of college & university […]

The author discusses the changing views of medical ethics with regard to autopsy, euthanasia, abortion, suicide, genetic engineering, transplantation, clinical trials, psychiatric patient status, & physician immunity and liability. Features of a new medical ethics for the future are proposed.

~

For the complete Guide, please see SIEC #2004-1202.

~

~

This article uses the legal case of Wuest v. McKennan Hospital to investigate the questions: If a suicidal patient’s bathroom door is left unlocked and the patient hangs himself in the bathroom, is that negligence per se? and Does Res Ipsa Loquitur (RIL) apply? Concerning this particular case, it is found that the court was […]

This review of the field of suicidology is divided into three main sections (etiology, prevention, & social implications) & is organized around the different disciplines involved. (40 refs)

This paper reviews evidence for the efficacy of clozapine in the treatment of aggression & violence (which are closely linked to suicidal behavior) in the treatment-refractory patient. It is noted that as many as 92% of patients who attempt homicide also attempt suicide. The authors argue that the reduction in violence & persistent aggression with […]

This article discusses the phenomenon of suicide by cop & recommends actions for police executives & officers to minimize the danger.

This article summarizes the research studies that have found no link between fluoxetine & suicidal ideation, & examines the court cases & legal implications surrounding this issue.

The author investigates the case of William Bartling, who in 1984 was ordered by a California court to spend the rest of his life in an intensive care unit. The case is used to illustrate the author’s views regarding patient autonomy. (6 refs)

This brief article reports on the legal ruling in a Louisiana case where a woman sued a hospital after her husband completed suicide. She had twice contacted the hospital & been turned away by nursing staff. On appeal, the hospital was found liable.

Two cases in the United States raised the question of whether or not a sports medicine provider can be liable for an athlete’s suicide due to a combination of factors where the allegation is made that depression was brought on, at least in part, as a result of injuries prohibiting or restricting the athlete’s return […]

~

Authors from 12 countries (Australia, China, Cuba, Ireland, India, Japan, Lithuania, Russian, South Africa, The Netherlands, Turtle Island & the United States) review the following issues, on which there is no one standard of care worldwide: standards of reasonable & prudent care, responsibility for care, failure to diagnose properly, failure in care, liability & malpractice, […]