Scarano Victor R, Baily Cyndi M, Banfield James R
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 6560 Fannin #832, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Tex Med. 2002 Nov;98(11):61-4.
On June, 24, 1999, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a physician does not have a duty to warn a third party when a patient makes specific threats of harm toward a readily identifiable person. The 77th Texas legislative session that ended in the spring of 2001 did not address the Tarasoff duty to warn or protect a third party. Thus, the current holding in Texas allows that there is no Tarasoff duty to warn or protect a third party. This paper reviews that decision and identifies those occasions when a physician shall warn or may warn and to whom.
1999年6月24日，得克萨斯州最高法院裁定，当患者对某个易于识别的人做出明确的伤害威胁时，医生没有义务向第三方发出警告。于2001年春季结束的得克萨斯州第77届立法会议并未涉及塔索夫警告或保护第三方的义务。因此，得克萨斯州目前的裁定是，不存在向第三方发出警告或保护第三方的塔索夫义务。本文回顾了该裁定，并确定了医生应发出警告或可发出警告的情形以及对象。
