Merz S M
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Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1993 Aug;19(8):306-12. doi: 10.1016/s1070-3241(16)30013-x.
The growing interest in clinical practice guidelines is raising a number of complex legal questions that have yet to be widely examined. Could physicians be held liable if they disregard good medical judgement in favor of following cost containment guidelines? To what extent should developers and implementers of guidelines be granted civil immunity from liability? How will judges respond to guidelines as evidence, and how will they react when various guidelines conflict?
对临床实践指南日益增长的兴趣引发了一些尚未得到广泛审视的复杂法律问题。如果医生不顾良好的医学判断而遵循成本控制指南，他们是否会承担法律责任？指南的制定者和实施者应在多大程度上获得民事责任豁免？法官将如何将指南作为证据看待，当各种指南相互冲突时他们又会作何反应？
