The covert recording of medico-legal consultations
| Autor: | Michael Swash, Michael J Gross, Len Doyal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medico legal
Physician-Patient Relations Deception Compensation (psychology) Applied psychology General Medicine Personal injury humanities 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Covert Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology Referral and Consultation Confidentiality health care economics and organizations 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Medico-Legal Journal. 86:202-207 |
| ISSN: | 2042-1834 0025-8172 |
| Popis: | We describe our misgivings concerning the use of transcripts of covert recordings of medico-legal assessments made by claimants as evidence in actions for compensation for personal injury. These recordings raise issues of lack of trust between the claimant and the medical expert, leading to bias in the consultation that is hidden from the medical expert. In addition, there is a risk of widespread dissemination of the recording through social media to the detriment of the reputation of the medical expert, and likely interference with the probity of the court hearing. We argue that the claimant and the medical expert have equal rights to privacy within a medical or medico-legal consultation, and recordings should not be made without mutual agreement. Furthermore, the courts should rely only on the report of the medical expert since a recording of the consultation represents only part of the process of medical assessment. We argue that the current advice given by the General Medical Council on covert recording of medical or medico-legal consultations should be reconsidered by a panel of experienced medical and legal experts. |
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