Is there a pending change in medical publisher and library liability?

This article addresses the peculiar reluctance of courts to permit suits in negligence and strict liability against publishers for erroneous information that leads to harm. A narrow exception made for airplane landing charts combined with the change in delivery method of medical information is a wed...

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Publicado en:Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries Vol. 4; no. 1/2; pp. 101 - 113
Autores principales: Strauch AB, Walker E, Bebensee M
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2007
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        affil: Associate Professor of Business Law, School of Business Administration, The Citadel, 171 Moultrie St, Charleston, SC 29409; strauchb@citadel.edu
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          Liability, Legal
          Libraries, Health Sciences
          Medical Literature Legislation and Jurisprudence
          Publishing Legislation and Jurisprudence
          Health Information
          Internet
          Product Liability
          Serial Publications
          United States
      ab: This article addresses the peculiar reluctance of courts to permit suits in negligence and strict liability against publishers for erroneous information that leads to harm. A narrow exception made for airplane landing charts combined with the change in delivery method of medical information is a wedge into medical publishing that will soon eliminate the safe harbor. As medical library Web sites actively participate in electronic delivery, they have the potential to be drawn in as endorsers or actual publishers of erroneous data.
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