Legal nightmare for U.S. health care workers abroad: policy implications.
A new major policy concern for U.S. health care workers employed overseas is the lack of protection afforded them by U.S. courts. This article evaluates the policy implications of the March 1993 Supreme Court case of Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital v. Nelson.
Virgo
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Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, MO, USA.
Sullivan
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Virgo
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Kaikati
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