Medical privacy

Pete Chown Pete.Chown at skygate.co.uk
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 13:07:19 +0100


David Hansen wrote:

> How could the hospital stop her from leaving? Perhaps a Jack Straw
> psychologist declaring her to be a danger to her baby.

If it got beyond a "request" not to leave, I would have thought that
the hospital could end up paying substantial punitive damages.  The
people involved would almost certainly commit various crimes too.

-- 
Pete