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

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
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1267659