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In medical law and medical ethics, the duty to protect is the responsibility of a mental health professional to protect patients and others from foreseeable harm. [1] If a client makes statements that suggest suicidal or homicidal ideation, the clinician has the responsibility to take steps to warn potential victims, and if necessary, initiate involuntary commitment.
Principal, agent, liability, independent contractor, employment, negligence, non-delegable duty, care, damages, delict, reasonableness, foreseeability, harm, vicarious liability Chartaprops 16 (Pty) Ltd and Another v Silberman [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is an important case in the South African law of agency .
The degree of knowledge which the defendant had about the probability and likely magnitude of harm to the plaintiff. [10]: p 230–1 Special rules exist for the establishment of duty of care where the plaintiff suffered mental harm, or where the defendant is a public authority. [12]
[15] [page needed] [16] The court held that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by a patient. The original 1974 decision mandated warning the threatened individual, but a 1976 rehearing of the case by the California Supreme Court called for a "duty to protect" the intended victim.
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The harm which occurred must be a reasonable foreseeable result of the defendant's conduct; A sufficient relationship of proximity or neighbourhood exists between the alleged wrongdoer and the person who has suffered damage; It is fair, just and reasonable to impose liability.
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