Medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care: consensus recommendations from a national workshop.

Autor: Evans AC; National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, Sydney, NSW., Zorbas HM, Keaney MA, Sidhom MA, Goodwin HE, Peterson JC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Medical journal of Australia [Med J Aust] 2008 Apr 07; Vol. 188 (7), pp. 401-4.
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01684.x
Abstrakt: Concerns about medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care may act as a barrier to the implementation of best practice approaches. While multidisciplinary meetings carry a low level of medicolegal risk, improved documentation and transparency in approach will assist in limiting liability for individual health professionals and health services. The medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach are not affected by whether a health professional bills the patient for attendance at multidisciplinary meetings.
Databáze: MEDLINE