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Risk management with suicidal patients.

Alan L Berman1

  • 1American Association of Suicidology, USA. berman@suicidology.org

Journal of Clinical Psychology
|December 13, 2005
PubMed
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Clinicians must provide affirmative care to at-risk patients to prevent suicide. Failure to meet the standard of care can lead to malpractice claims if a breach of duty results in patient suicide.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Medical Law
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Evaluating and treating patients at risk for suicide presents significant clinical challenges.
  • Clinicians face potential malpractice litigation and blame from survivors following a patient's suicide.

Observation:

  • A clinician's duty of care involves affirmative actions to protect patients from self-harm.
  • Malpractice is established if this duty is breached (act of omission or commission) relative to the standard of care, and this breach proximately causes the suicide.

Findings:

  • This article examines the legal standard of care in cases of patient suicide.
  • It identifies factors determining clinician liability in patient suicide deaths.

Implications:

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  • Adherence to the standard of care is crucial for mitigating malpractice risk.
  • Recommendations for competent caregiving and risk management for at-risk patients are provided.