An occupational physician is employed to be responsible for the overall assessment of workers' health risks and all work-related pathological situations which creates an unusual doctor-patient relationship. The duties of the occupational physician are also very limited as is their professional responsibility. However, the boundaries of the occupational physician's duties and responsibilities are not always clear. The purpose of this article is to answer the following question: Does the occupational doctor have a duty to carry out general clinical evaluations (not work-related) of the patient?

Does an occupational physician have a duty to carry out general clinical assessments? / Cioffi, Andrea; Rinaldi, Raffaella. - In: THE MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0025-8172. - 89:3(2021), pp. 178-179. [10.1177/00258172211024853]

Does an occupational physician have a duty to carry out general clinical assessments?

Cioffi, Andrea
;
Rinaldi, Raffaella
2021

Abstract

An occupational physician is employed to be responsible for the overall assessment of workers' health risks and all work-related pathological situations which creates an unusual doctor-patient relationship. The duties of the occupational physician are also very limited as is their professional responsibility. However, the boundaries of the occupational physician's duties and responsibilities are not always clear. The purpose of this article is to answer the following question: Does the occupational doctor have a duty to carry out general clinical evaluations (not work-related) of the patient?
2021
COVID-19; occupational physician; legal medicine; occupational medicine; professional liability
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Does an occupational physician have a duty to carry out general clinical assessments? / Cioffi, Andrea; Rinaldi, Raffaella. - In: THE MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0025-8172. - 89:3(2021), pp. 178-179. [10.1177/00258172211024853]
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