{"id":450,"date":"2014-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/can-doctors-acting-as-good-samaritans-be-held-liable\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:35","slug":"can-doctors-acting-as-good-samaritans-be-held-liable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/can-doctors-acting-as-good-samaritans-be-held-liable\/","title":{"rendered":"Can doctors acting as Good Samaritans be held liable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indeed, physicians have difficult jobs where there may be times where they must make split second decisions that can have critical implications on patients\u2019 lives. This is why they go through extensive training in order to properly diagnose illnesses and injuries and to make care recommendations accordingly. Despite the difficult nature of their profession, doctors must use reasonable care when performing their duties.<\/p>\n<p>However, in situations where doctors are acting as Good Samaritans in emergency situations, should they be held to the same standards? More importantly, should a patient injured by a doctor in this position be able to initiate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/medical-malpractice.html\">malpractice suit<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>This is an important question given that doctors may have an ethical duty to assist members of the public in the event of an emergency. Nevertheless, Good Samaritans are protected in a number of situations under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaos.org\/news\/aaosnow\/jan14\/managing3.asp\" target=\"_blank\">New York law<\/a>, including where:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/can-doctors-acting-as-good-samaritans-be-held-liable\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can doctors acting as Good Samaritans be held liable?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indeed, physicians have difficult jobs where there may be times where they must make split second decisions that can have critical implications on patients\u2019 lives. This is why they go through extensive training in order to properly diagnose illnesses and injuries and to make care recommendations accordingly. Despite the difficult nature of their profession, doctors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can doctors acting as Good Samaritans be held liable? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; November 12, 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can doctors acting as Good Samaritans be held liable? - Medical Malpractice - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/can-doctors-acting-as-good-samaritans-be-held-liable\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Can doctors acting as Good Samaritans be held liable? 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