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Virtual health care: unresolved legal issues
1Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, USA.
Journal of the California Dental Association
|April 28, 2001
Abstract:
As online health care begins to look more like the practice of medicine, a range of legal questions has emerged. This article examines issues of concern to both Internet users and health care practitioners, focusing in particular on the laws relating to negligence and disclaimers. It concludes that interactive contact between doctor and patient in cyberspace may very well be viewed by the courts as akin to the practice of health care and that the typical disclaimer may not insulate practitioners from liability.