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Negligent Samaritans Are No Good

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

George J. Annas
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Medicolegal News , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , Spring 1979 , pp. 4
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1979

Footnotes

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Mr. Annas is Associate Professor of Law and Medicine in the Department of Socio-Medical Sciences at Boston University School of Medicine; and Vice-chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine.

References

Report of the Secretary's Commission on Medical Malpractice, H.E.W., DHEW Pub. No. (OS) 73–88, 1973, at 16.Google Scholar
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Massachusetts Regulations Governing the Practice of Medicine, sec. 9 (Oct. 20, 1977).Google Scholar
Some wish to go even further, for discussion, see Annas, G.J., Beyond the Good Samaritan: Should Doctors be Required to Provide Essential Services?, Hastings Center Report 8(2): 16 (April 1978).Google ScholarPubMed