Is a doctor legally liable for giving opinion on email?

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Dr KK Aggarwal and Ms Ira Gupta 02 June 2018

Giving wrong advice on email makes a doctor liable for negligence. If he/she has charged his/her full fees for the email consultation from the patient or a referring physician regarding a patient, he/she will be just as liable as a face to face consult.

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