Regan Judith J, Regan William M
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Nashville 37243, USA.
South Med J. 2002 May;95(5):545-8.
The legal concept of vicarious liability and the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior occurs when the servant (employee) commits a tort or civil wrong within the scope of employment and the master (employer) is held liable although the master may have done nothing wrong. In this article, legal cases are presented to emphasize the importance of these issues, which frequently involve physician extenders and physicians as employers in our current health care climate. Physicians need to be aware of this doctrine in the supervision of their staff and their day-to-day medical practice.
替代责任的法律概念及上级负责原则，是指当雇员（员工）在工作范围内实施侵权行为或民事过错行为时，雇主（老板）虽可能无任何过错却仍需承担责任。本文通过法律案例来强调这些问题的重要性，在我们当前的医疗环境中，这些问题经常涉及医生助理和作为雇主的医生。医生在监督其员工及日常医疗实践中需要了解这一原则。
