TY - JOUR
AU1 - Kuszler, Patricia C
AB - JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH Kuszler Editorial A Question of Duty: Common Law Legal Issues Resulting from Physician Response to Unsolicited Patient Email Inquiries Patricia C Kuszler, MD, JD Corresponding Author: Patricia C Kuszler, MD, JD University of Washington School of Law Seattle WA 98105 USA Email: kuszler@u.washington.edu (J Med Internet Res 2000;2(3):e17) doi: 10.2196/jmir.2.3.e17 Patients have eagerly embraced the Internet and its email reasonably prudent practitioner practicing under similar capacity to increase their knowledge and access to medical circumstances. The standard typically does take into account information. Along with access to countless patient support specialty status. Medical negligence is defined as a breach of "chat rooms" and an ever-increasing volume of full text health the standard of care resulting in the patient suffering a harm and medical literature, the Internet also offers a virtually with quantifiable damages. barrier-less opportunity to engage physicians in email dialogue. In order for a physician-patient relationship to be formed, there While this opportunity is seductive and cost-free to patients, must be an assent by the physician to see or counsel the patient, physicians should exercise care and wariness in their email although this may be indirect. In the common law, this exchanges with 
TI - A Question of Duty: Common Law Legal Issues Resulting from Physician Response to Unsolicited Patient Email Inquiries
JF - Journal of Medical Internet Research
DO - 10.2196/jmir.2.3.e17
DA - 2000-09-18
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SP - e800
VL - 2
IS - 3
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