title: Negligence--physicians and surgeons--duty imposed on psychotherapists to exercise reasonable care to warn potential victims of foreseeably imminent dangers posed by mentally ill patients.
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Malcolm
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003219:Confidentiality; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D017007:Duty to Warn; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D014342:Truth Disclosure