Question

• Do you believe that healthcare workers are more likely to commit unintentional or intentional torts against patients?
• What are the most common forms of torts you would expect to see occurring in healthcare?
• Should there be more severe consequences for committing an intentional versus an unintentional tort against a patient?
• Should a healthcare worker's license or credential be at risk when a healthcare worker is found responsible for committing either an unintentional or intentional tort against a patient? If you feel that the answer should be sometimes yes and sometimes no, describe how those circumstances might vary.

Answer 1

Healthcare providers are there to provide their services to the patients as it is there duty to serve them . I believe that healthcare workers are more likely to commit unintentional torts against patients because they are the people who saves life ,they don't harm . Because of some of the causes like shortage of staffs , equipments etc unintentional torts occur .

# The most common forms of torts that occur in the healthcare settings are :-

Intentional torts

- Battery

- Defaming

Unintentional torts are :-

- malpractice

- negligence

# Yes, there must be more severe consequences for conducting a intentional torts than for unintentional torts because the misconduct is done knowingly with the aim to harm other . So, the culprit should be punished for the misconduct he did so that he doesn't repeat this in future. It should be unforgettable experience for him .

# Yes ,a health care workers licence or credential be at risk when a health care provider is found responsible for committing either an unintentional or intentional torts against a patient because whether it be intentionally or unintentionally committed results in harm to the patient which is the most important thing ,so the healthcare providers credentials or license should be cancelled or hold for some time period as a part of punishment to teach him or her a lesson so that they don't repeat this in future .