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Liability of Health Care Ethics Consultants

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The Health Care Ethics Consultant

Part of the book series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society ((CIBES))

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This chapter is a result of cooperation between the members of the SSHRC Network and the law firm of Osier, Hoskin & Harcourt.

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  1. This chapter was prepared with the assistance of Laura Fric, summer student at Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt in 1992. The discussion in this chapter is necessarily of a general nature and cannot be regarded as legal advice. The authors will be pleased to provide additional details on request and to discuss the possible effect of these matters in specific situations.

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  1. Larry Lowenstein
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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Françoise E. Baylis

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Lowenstein, L., DesBrisay, J. (1994). Liability of Health Care Ethics Consultants. In: Baylis, F.E. (eds) The Health Care Ethics Consultant. Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2305-2_7

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