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Responders’ Responsibility: Liability And Immunity In Public Health Emergencies, Sharona Hoffman
Responders’ Responsibility: Liability And Immunity In Public Health Emergencies, Sharona Hoffman
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Many experts predict the advent of a public health emergency resulting from a flu pandemic or bioterrorism attack in the foreseeable future. At the same time, many health care providers express significant concern about liability arising from emergency response activities, because it is unlikely that they would be able to provide optimal care in crisis conditions. They also state that this concern will likely influence their willingness to be involved in response activities. This article addresses issues that have received little attention in the legal literature: liability and immunity in public health emergencies. The article provides a first-of-its-kind comprehensive analysis …
The Patient's Right To Safety: Improving The Quality Of Care Through Litigation Against Hospitals, George J. Annas
The Patient's Right To Safety: Improving The Quality Of Care Through Litigation Against Hospitals, George J. Annas
Faculty Scholarship
It is the consensus of experts in the patient-safety field that little has changed to improve the safety of hospital care since the Institute of Medicine's 1999 report, To Err Is Human. The report noted that in order to be successful, “safety must be an explicit organizational goal that is demonstrated by clear organizational leadership. . . . This process begins when boards of directors demonstrate their commitment to this objective by regular, close oversight of the safety of the institutions they shepherd.” Leape and Berwick agree, noting that safety cannot become an institutional priority “without more sustained and …