RE: Clinical Emergency Clause

["Bolick, Bob" <Bob_Bolick@mcgraw-hill.com>]

Hmm, and I wonder if any health professional has ever been slapped with a
malpractice suit for a bad outcome due to having to wait for docdel to
deliver "clinical emergency" content?  (Just keep the pressure on that;
the Fedex man is on his way.)

Somewhat apropos, I happen to overhear at my public library a librarian
refusing to provide assistance to a patron in interpreting a medical
reference.  She explained that it was library and municipal policy to
avoid suits for bad advice.  So in the frivolous case above, would the
library have an exposure if it sent "almost the right" article?

Robert Bolick
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Esposito [mailto:espositoj@gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:26 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: Clinical Emergency Clause

I would like to ask this question from the other side:  Has anyone ever
been slapped with a copyright violation for making material available in a
bona fide emergency situation?

Joe Esposito


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:42:30 EST, Julie Schneider
<jschneider@library.wisc.edu> wrote:
> 
> I was wondering if any libraries (particularly health/medical) out 
> there have successfully inserted a "clinical emergency" clause in an 
> ejournal license. I'm looking for language I can use to allow resource

> sharing/document delivery to non-affiliates of the university with 
> journal articles in a clinical emergency situation directly from 
> online. Does anyone used this is a license or have language that they 
> add to licenses as a matter of course? Thanks for any help you can 
> provide,
> 
> Julie Schneider
> Ebling Library
> University of Wisconsin - Madison
> Phone: (608) 263-5755
> Fax: (608) 262-4732
> Email: jschneider@library.wisc.edu