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Opinion: How a 1976 murder case changed doctor-patient confidentiality
The 1976 Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California case introduced mandated reporting and the duty to warn, changing doctor-patient confidentiality after Tatiana Tarasoff was murdered in 1969 by Prosenjit Poddar.
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