Tatiana tarasoff biography

October 31,

Case Studies, Patient/Physician Relationship

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Summary

In , Prosenjit Poddar, a graduate student from Bengal, India, came to the University of California at Berkeley. In the fall of , he met Tatiana (Tanya) Tarasoff at folk dance lessons in the International House where he resided. They saw each other about once a week until New Year&#;s Eve, when Tanya kissed him. Poddar interpreted the kiss as a symbol of the seriousness of their relationship. When he explained this to Tanya, she replied that he was wrong and that she was more interested in others than in him. This rejection caused Poddar to undergo severe emotional crises during which he became withdrawn, ignored his studies, stayed alone often, and wept frequently. His condition continued to deteriorate until he began to visit a campus psychologist. Sometime later in the summer, when Tanya was appa

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Physician duty to report danger: The case of Tatiana Tarasoff

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Patients sometimes confide något privat eller personligt details of their lives to physicians. This circumstance is one of the privileges of our profession; patients relate their weaknesses to trusted professionals, and seek an empathetic ear. But, what if the revelation by a patient constitutes danger and fara to another party? If so, must the medical professional inform others, outside the physician-patient relationship, in order to protect potential victims who might be harmed by the patient? For an answer, we examine the now famous case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, a case the set forth the foundations of the physician duty to warn.

Facts of the case

Prosenjit Poddar, a foreign graduate student, came to the University of California (UC), Berkeley, from Bengal, India, in At Berkeley, he met Tatiana Tarasoff at a folk dancing clas

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Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California

American case on the duty to protect

Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California
Full case name	Vitali Tarasoff, et al., Plaintiffs-Petitioners v. Regents of the University of California, et al., Defendants-Respondents.
Citation(s)	17 Cal. 3d , P.2d , Cal. Rptr. 14
Prior history	Appeal from sustained demurrer
Psychotherapists have a duty to protect an individual they reasonably believe to be at risk of injury on the basis of a patient's confidential statements.
Chief Justice	Donald Wright
Associate Justices	Raymond L. Sullivan, Marshall F. McComb, Matthew O. Tobriner, William P. Clark, Jr., Stanley Mosk, Frank K. Richardson
Majority	Tobriner, joined by Wright, Sullivan, Richardson
Concur/dissent	Mosk
Dissent	Clark, joined by McComb

Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal. 3d , P.2d , Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. ), was a case in which the Supreme Court of