{"title":"A new era for hospital liability.","authors":"K Kearney, E McCord","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hospitals are no longer merely facilities with equipment where autonomous physicians practice; they owe a direct duty of reasonable care to patients. This dramatic transition for hospitals will ensure a sea of change in the character of hospital medical practice and management.</p>","PeriodicalId":79720,"journal":{"name":"Risk management (New York, N.Y.)","volume":"39 9","pages":"28-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Risk management (New York, N.Y.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hospitals are no longer merely facilities with equipment where autonomous physicians practice; they owe a direct duty of reasonable care to patients. This dramatic transition for hospitals will ensure a sea of change in the character of hospital medical practice and management.