Tort liability considerations for allied health training institutions.
This paper presents an analysis of legal trends affecting institutions which train allied health professionals, including risks faced and actions necessary to minimize liabilities. It discusses those factors which determine liabilities that may be applicable to health professions educational institutions; trends emerging as legal doctrines from courts rendering malpractice decisions; and actions for preventing, minimizing, counteracting or neutralizing the likelihood of legal liabilities attaching to such institutions.
D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006761:Hospitals; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations; D014481:United States