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I was wondering, Is the good samaritan law applicable to physicians?
What if someone who is a doctor (or anyone in trained in any healthcare field for that matter) were to say.. come upon someone who was severly injured in the street. Then what if that person who the doctor tried to help ended up dying or was severly disabled therafter. (whether the doctor did anything wrong or not).
Would the injured person and/or their family be able to sue the doctor for doing something wrong if they were only trying to help.
For most normal citizens the good samaritan law protects them from this. But I was wondering if this same law would protect a doctor in the same situation?
If not, why?
I have heard that some doctors just drive past car wrecks or other similar situations when they may have been able to help. Simply because they don't want to get invovled and possibly be sued.
What if someone who is a doctor (or anyone in trained in any healthcare field for that matter) were to say.. come upon someone who was severly injured in the street. Then what if that person who the doctor tried to help ended up dying or was severly disabled therafter. (whether the doctor did anything wrong or not).
Would the injured person and/or their family be able to sue the doctor for doing something wrong if they were only trying to help.
For most normal citizens the good samaritan law protects them from this. But I was wondering if this same law would protect a doctor in the same situation?
If not, why?
I have heard that some doctors just drive past car wrecks or other similar situations when they may have been able to help. Simply because they don't want to get invovled and possibly be sued.