Legal aspects of medication administration.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1998
Abstract
The author reviews several cases involving medication errors and advises that one way to make a malpractice case worse is to be accused of delay in informing the patient or family of the circumstances. If fraud or intentional concealment is established, punitive damages may be awarded--which are not covered by malpractice insurance policies since this is an intentional act.
Volume
29
Issue
1
First Page
22
Last Page
23
ISSN
0744-6314
Published In/Presented At
Fiesta J. (1998). Legal aspects of medication administration. Nursing management, 29(1), 22–23.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
9479153
Department(s)
Patient Care Services / Nursing
Document Type
Article
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