title: Legal nightmare for U.S. health care workers abroad: policy implications.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, MO, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Virgo
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Virgo
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kaikati
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017007:Duty to Warn / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014104:Torture; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D000078329:Workforce