‘Covering doctors’ standing in for unavailable colleagues: What is the legal position
Covering doctors are those who stand in for colleagues when the latter are unable to deal with their patients. Covering doctors who begin to issue telephonic instructions to nurses or other healthcare practitioners regarding the treatment of the patients they are covering are in the same position as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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South African Medical Association
2018-12-01
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| Series: | South African Medical Journal |
| Online Access: | http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12173/8353 |