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Chief, Consultation-Liaison Service, board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the specialty of Psychiatry and subspecialty of Psychosomatic Medicine, and with the Psychiatry Department, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia.
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This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to our readers on managing legal risks associated with medical practice. We invite questions from our readers. The answers are provided by PRMS, Inc. (www.prms.com), a manager of medical professional liability insurance programs with services that include risk management consultation, education and onsite risk management audits, and other resources to healthcare providers to help improve patient outcomes and reduce professional liability risk. The answers published in this column represent those of only one risk management consulting company. Other risk management consulting companies or insurance carriers may provide different advice, and readers should take this into consideration. The information in this column does not constitute legal advice. For legal advice, contact your personal attorney.
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