Contact with Patients Between Sessions Curtailed in California: A Dangerous Precedent
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - January 2018 At the beginning of the professional relationship between psychotherapist and patient it is important...
Richard Leslie January 2, 2018
Nursing Documentation Key to Avoidance of Liability
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - January 1, 2018 You have probably heard ad nauseaum that good documentation of nursing care is...
Nancy Brent January 2, 2018
What is Sexual Harassment and Avoiding it in Fitness Facilities
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - January 2018 Sexual harassment is in the news. Allegations of inappropriate and unlawful conduct based upon...
David Herbert January 2, 2018Are There Limits to a Nurse’s Duty to Advocate for Patients?
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - December 15, 2017 In the following case1, an LPN and a charge nurse’s attempted management of...
Nancy Brent December 15, 2017Patient Access to Treatment Records
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - December 2017 While mental health treatment records are owned by the practitioner (assuming a private practitioner/sole...
Richard Leslie December 1, 2017Injury from Swinging Kettlebell Results in Suit Which Withstands Summary Judgment Motion
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - December 2017 In a case from New York,[1] the plaintiff was injured when he was struck...
David Herbert December 1, 2017