>Sylvia Steiger wrote: > >> The vets don't face liability like physicians do. Your own patients who >> are used to free advice will likely be very unhappy, whereas everyone >> else's patients can call too and then sue you regardless of what the >> outcome is. Distinguishing the advice service from your regular practice may be a way to go with this. In our city we have at least one hospital that operates a "warm line" with basic child health advice about feeding, fevers, behaviour, etc. But, its very clearly a telephone information service/not to be confused with a doctor encounter. Marcia Schneider