Should doctors tackling Covid-19 be immune from negligence liability claims?

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

doi:10.1136/bmj.m2487

Should doctors tackling Covid-19 be immune from negligence liability claims?

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

School of Law

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Original language	English
Article number	m2487
Journal	BMJ-British Medical Journal
Volume	370
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2487
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2020

Keywords

Negligence
Liability
Doctors
Covid-19
Coronavirus

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