Legal Nightmare for U.S. Health Care Workers Abroad: Policy Implications

A new major policy concern for U.S. health care workers employed overseas is the lack of protection afforded them by U.S. courts. This article evaluates the policy implications of the March 1993 Supreme Court case of Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital v. Nelson.

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Published in:Health care management review 1996, Vol.21 (3), p.34-42
Main Authors: Virgo, Katherine S., Sullivan, George M., Virgo, John M., Kaikati, Jack G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affirmative action
Civil rights
Civil Rights - legislation & jurisprudence
Culture
Duty to Warn - legislation & jurisprudence
Employment
Employment - legislation & jurisprudence
Expatriate employees
Foreign Professional Personnel - legislation & jurisprudence
Health care industry
Hospitals, Proprietary - legislation & jurisprudence
Hospitals, Proprietary - manpower
Humans
International Cooperation
Labor relations
Medical personnel
Monitoring systems
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Nitrous oxide
Organizational Policy
Overseas employment
Patient safety
Personnel Selection - legislation & jurisprudence
Personnel, Hospital - legislation & jurisprudence
Privileges & immunities
Saudi Arabia
Studies
Supreme Court decisions
Torture
United States - ethnology
Working conditions
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Summary:A new major policy concern for U.S. health care workers employed overseas is the lack of protection afforded them by U.S. courts. This article evaluates the policy implications of the March 1993 Supreme Court case of Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital v. Nelson.
ISSN:0361-6274
1550-5030
DOI:10.1097/00004010-199602130-00005