%0 Journal Article
%T The liability of the doctor and the health authority when the mental health patient is discharged or released on leave or escapes and something goes amiss
%A Alec Samuels
%J Medico
%@ 2042-1834
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0025817219830584
%X This study describes the legal liabilities when the discharged or released on leave patient harms himself or a third party. The nature of the duty of the doctor and the hospital are explained
%K Mental health patient
%K voluntary and involuntary
%K discharge
%K release
%K escape
%K suicide
%K killing
%K right to life
%K duty of care
%K rights of family
%K legal liability
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0025817219830584