Head to Head: Should doctors tackling covid-19 be immune from negligence liability claims?

Tomkins, Christine; Purshouse, Craig; Heywood, Rob; Miola, Jose; Cave, Emma; Devaney, Sarah

doi:10.1136/bmj.m2487

Head to Head: Should doctors tackling covid-19 be immune from negligence liability claims?

Tomkins, Christine; Purshouse, Craig; Heywood, Rob; Miola, Jose; Cave, Emma; Devaney, Sarah

Authors

Christine Tomkins

Craig Purshouse

Rob Heywood

Jose Miola

Professor Emma Cave emma.cave@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Sarah Devaney

Abstract

Litigation related to exceptional circumstances would be a complicated drain on a workforce and system already on its knees after the pandemic, says Christine Tomkins. But Craig Purshouse, Rob Heywood, José Miola, Emma Cave, and Sarah Devaney argue that, despite extraordinary times, immunity from negligence is unnecessary and sends the wrong message about practice standards.

Citation

Tomkins, C., Purshouse, C., Heywood, R., Miola, J., Cave, E., & Devaney, S. (2020). Head to Head: Should doctors tackling covid-19 be immune from negligence liability claims?. British Medical Journal, 2020(370), Article m2487. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2487

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 18, 2020
Online Publication Date	Jul 1, 2020
Publication Date	2020
Deposit Date	Jul 1, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Oct 26, 2021
Journal	British Medical Journal
Print ISSN	1759-2151
Electronic ISSN	0959-8138
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2020
Issue	370
Article Number	m2487
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2487

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