患者对精神病医生提起诉讼,因为他们没有防止患者的犯罪行为
1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
|March 6, 2024
概括
精神病学职诉讼面临挑战,当患者的伤害是他们自己的犯罪行为造成的. 宾夕法尼亚州 宾夕法尼亚州
科学领域:
- 法医精神病学 法医精神病学
- 医疗疏忽法律 医疗疏忽法律
背景情况:
- 患者声称精神病治疗疏忽,可以要求赔偿损害.
- 当患者的伤害源于他们自己的犯罪行为时,就会出现法律挑战,他们声称精神病医生应该阻止这种行为.
- 历史上,一个普通法规则禁止赔偿原告自己不法行为造成的损害.
研究的目的:
- 检查在精神病学不当行为案件中禁止患者自身不法行为的恢复的普通法规则的应用和范围.
- 分析宾夕法尼亚州最高法院最近对涉及一名被判犯有谋杀罪的精神病患者这一问题的裁决.
- 探讨在这种情况下对规则的潜在例外情况以及关于损害赔偿的绝对限制的正在进行的辩论.
主要方法:
- 一个特定的宾夕法尼亚州最高法院案件的法律分析.
- 审查有关原告不法行为的普通法原则.
- 审查现有的例外情况和改革的论点.
主要成果:
- 宾夕法尼亚州最高法院最近讨论了禁止患者自身犯罪行为恢复的规则的范围.
- 该裁决考虑了一名因谋杀罪被定罪的精神病患者的具体情况.
- 虽然规则可以维持,但注意到存在例外情况和改革压力.
结论:
- 在精神病学不当行为案件中应用"不当行为"规则仍然是复杂的.
- 宾夕法尼亚州最近的司法审查强调了既定法律原则和患者康复的不断变化的考虑之间的紧张关系.
- 关于在涉及患者犯罪行为的案件中修改或废除绝对赔偿条款的讨论正在进行中.
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