article_snippet: Unfortunately, the patient then killed Tarasoff.  
article_snippet: A court found his psychologist liable.
article_snippet: As a physician, I have had to report patients whom I even suspected might be abusing a child.  
article_snippet: I remember one patient who came to the emergency room for psychiatric problems mentioning that she sometimes hit she toddler son with the end of an electrical cord, swinging an electrical cord until the thick part banged her toddler son.  
article_snippet: I felt terrible for she and was unsure how dangerous she actions were, but I erred on the side of protecting the child's safety and contacted social services.  