negligent referral

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negligent referral

Medical malpractice The referral by a health care provider of a Pt to another physician or provider for management outside of the referring physician's expertise; the referral is deemed negligent when the referring physician knew or should have known that the physician to whom the case was referred would manage the Pt in a substandard manner. See Referral.

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referral			The exception to this principle is if by not revealing some information, you could be embroiled in a negligent referral case. References: keep them fair and honest: what should you say or not say ... by Sergeant, Deborah Jeanne / Alaska Business Monthly Another tactic is to diplomatically advise the previous employer that it may be held liable for negligent referral if it does not provide information about illegal activity--rape, assault, extortion--the employee might have committed. How to avoid hiring hazards: how to hire without becoming a candidate ... by Nixon, W. Barry / Security Management Employers who have documented detrimental information regarding an employee's work history, but who don't share it with an inquiring potential employer, can be held liable for negligent referral by providing misleading employment history. Play your cards right; the pre-screening process by Tenjeras, Kathy / Detroiter			negative punishment negative reinforcement negative reinforcer negative relationship negative scotoma negative sense negative sequence negative stain negative staining negative symptom Negative symptoms negative transfer negative triad negative-strand virus negativism negatron NegGram neglect neglect cessation neglect effect Neglect Patient neglect recovery negligence negligence per se Negligent Nondisclosure negligent referral negotiate negotiated payment schedule Negotiated Safety Negri bodies Negri body NEI Nei Ching neigong Neisser Neisseria Neisseria catarrhalis Neisseria gonorrhoeae Neisseria meningitidis Neisseria sicca Neisseriaceae neisserial Neivert whittler NEJM nelarabine Nelaton catheter Nélaton's dislocation Nelaton's line nelfinavir nelfinavir mesylate nelia			Negligence, required elements Negligence, required elements Negligence, required elements Negligence, required elements Negligence, required elements negligences negligences negligences negligences negligences negligent negligent negligent negligent negligent negligent act negligent act of injury Negligent Collateral Collapse Negligent discharge Negligent entrustment Negligent escape negligent fraud Negligent infliction of emotional distress Negligent manslaughter Negligent manslaughter Negligent manslaughter Negligent manslaughter negligent nondisclosure negligent offense Negligent Operator Treatment System negligent referral Negligent Trustee Negligent Trustees negligent waste negligent wrongdoing Negligentia semper habet infortuniam comitem negligently negligently negligibility negligibility negligible negligible negligible Negligible (English) Negligible (English) Negligible Explosion Risk Zone negligible nuclear risk negligible risk (nuclear) Negligible Weathering negligibleness negligibleness negligibly negligibly NEGO NEGO Negoce Negociable Negociacao coletiva Negociacion colectiva Negociacion ficticia Negociacion fuera de la bolsa

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