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| Title |
Plastic Surgery Overseas: How Much Should a Physician Risk in the Pursuit of Higher-Quality Continuity of Care?
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| Published in |
The AMA Journal of Ethic, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.4.hlaw1-1804 |
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| Authors |
Scott Schweikart |
| Abstract |
In this article I discuss medical tourism, whereby patients go overseas for plastic surgery treatment in order to save money. However, if malpractice occurs abroad, there are several barriers that make it difficult for patients to recover damages. I explain these legal barriers and then discuss the possible causes of action patients can have over their "domestic physician" (their personal physician who might have referred surgery abroad or who gives postoperative follow-up care) and how these causes of action can create avenues of legal recovery not otherwise available. The possible liability of the domestic physician in the context of surgical malpractice abroad creates an ethical tension in the pursuit of higher-quality continuity of care, as the more involved the physician becomes in the process, the more likely he or she will assume liability. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| South Africa | 1 | 20% |
| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 19 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 19 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 5% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 11% |
| Unknown | 9 | 47% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 21% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 11 | 58% |