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Elder abuse liability extends to doctors’ outpatient care 

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    • May 29, 2013

Doctors could be liable under state elder abuse law for allegedly failing to refer a patient to a vascular specialist before she developed gangrene in her foot that resulted in amputation and death, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
The defendants operate a podiatry practice. » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/29/elder-abuse-liability-extends-to-doctors-outpatient-care/

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