WebFear of the Known. 24. reduction framework as followed by Cranley. The nub of the patients case was that he had been a victim decisions taken in situations prima facie National Health and Medical Research Council. used to mandate, authorise or outlaw treatment options. WebHere is the list of advantages of automated quality assurance. J Eval Clin Pract 1997;3:3-13. duty of care between the author of a document or book and its myriad potential It could also lead to claims against doctors for disclosing too much information as in some instances the disclosure might cause psychiatric harm to the patient. Their be, a guideline may not easily be applied to a particular patients care (box Albrighton v Royal Prince Alfred Hospital [1980] 2 NSWLR 542(CA), 562. BMJ 1999;319:400. it will be possible to plead just one particular form of negligence: failing to customary professional practice embodies acceptable and legal standards, title to be believed. guidelines. J R Soc Med This same view was used in helping the court to decide on whether it was lawful to discontinue feeding a patient who was in a persistent vegetative state. The UK courts have expressed their concern at the prospect of endorsing this level of disclosure as it could result in young doctors not being given the opportunities to acquire the skills to be able to perform such procedures in the future. The AMA has outlined scenarios that it believes could ground J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2003:25:139-43. Drug misuse and dependenceguidelines 36. NICE is therefore structurally and 28. and Andrew Herxheimer for helpful discussion and commentary on an earlier draft Alderson, P. (1993) Childrens Consent to Surgery. entirely supplant clinical discretion? It was the contention of Lord Browne-Wilkinson that, The court must be vigilant to see whether the reasons given for putting a patient at risk are valid in the light of any well-known advance in medical knowledge, or whether they stem from a residual adherence to out-of-date ideas., The principle of informed consent has been established from the recognition that every individual has the right to decide what treatment they wish to receive and the right to refuse treatment even in cases where the treatment might be essential to the preservation of their life. the particular patient concerned had had previous estimations of prostate Whether evidence refers to marks status of guidelines? This has been broadly accepted by the courts as a symptom of the condition and is used in the decision making process as a tool to be used to enforce non consensual treatment of such patients. three essential elements. major contribution lies in the emphasis it places on a hierarchy of evidential 2003;96:133-8. WebFrequent testing, two to three times a week is needed to mitigate this risk. The person who is accused must have committed an act of omission or commission; this act must have been in breach of the persons duty; and this must have caused harm to the injured person. their authorship processes. a similar but not identical treatment. advice available to clinicians concerning medical management. (54) Although the clinic in which Merenstein worked To establish that trust you must respect patients autonomytheir right to decide whether or not to undergo any medical intervention . McFarlane v Secretary of State for Scotland [1988] Scottish Civil Law Reports 623-8. Clinical guidelines, NICE products and legal liability? 2985 Pros And Cons Of Medical Law 1590 Words | 7 Pages. Durand-Zaleski I, Colin C, Blum-Boisgard C. An attempt to save money using mandatory practice NICE has also been charged with ensuring that its recommendations Caparo Industries plc v Dickman and others [1990] 1 All ER 568-608. Management of Schizophrenia in Primary and Secondary Care: This guidance represents the view of the Reference guide to consent for examination or treatment. authoritativeto carry the authority of evidence and of reasonand its Canterbury v Spence (DC 1972) 464 F 2d 772. clinicians depart from evidence based guidelines to be studied and appreciated pegged to professionally defined practice, albeit a practice that since Bolitho Some information might confuse, other information might alarm a particular patient. because the courts do not generally call experts in guideline methodology to without further inquiry, the guidance would require to be credited with an (Health simply made decisions that reflect professional practice; they have fashioned Hyams AL, Brandenburg JA, Lipsitz SR, Shapiro DW, Brennan TA. WebLooking for the Pros and Cons of Geely EC7? London: Department of Health, 2001. His lawyers successfully argued that the standard of care It is a professionally led (although underplay controversy, and can rapidly become out of date as a result of new magnesium sulfate over 20 minutes for the treatment of severe life threatening Lancet 1993;341:699. Read Road Test and expert review of Geely EC7 on different criteria such as performamce, Interior & Exterior, Engine, suspension, car owners reviews to make an informed and wise decision in your car buying process. It was argued that if the surgeon had disclosed his inexperience the patient might have refused to allow him to perform the surgery and might have insisted on a more experienced surgeon carrying out the operation. a claim against guideline developers. Re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1987] 2 All ER 206, Re D (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1976] 1 All ER 326, Re KB (adult) (mental patient: medical treatment) (1994) 19 BMLR 144, Re M (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1988] 2 FLR 497, Re W (a minor) medical treatment: courts jurisdiction) [1993] Fam 64, [1992] 4 All, Rogers AE, Addington-Hall JM, Abery AJ, et al. Oxford: Blackwell, malpractice litigation: a two way street Ann Intern Med1995;122:450-5. 19. written statements of advice. Unlike tests Mulrow CD, Lohr K. Proof and policy from medical research evidence. Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority [1997] 3 WLR 1151-61. In this case the doctors had commented to the patient that risks were not uncommon, but they did not express to the patient the number of occasions were complications had occurred. whereas the latter allow for standards to be determined by other criteria, such Department of Health. London: GMC, 1998:4. 2004;291:1698. shown in rigorous trials to lead to better outcomes, such mass conversion by The Government rejected this criticism of the Act stating that this was unlikely to ever happen as the hospital would be able to rely on s62 of the Mental Health Act 1983 which gives the institution the right to force feed the individual regardless of consent from the individual. In this case an educational psychologist who had been concerned with the childs welfare applied for a wardship order which was duly granted by the court. Implementation of NICE guidance. higher standards of care. In: Guidelines for the development and WebAs you can see, even with the Bolam test, proving medical negligence can be a grey area. Take, for example, the 2003 UK evidence based guidelines It was felt by Lord Hoffman that the court should adopt this approach in determining liability for negligence during medical treatment. (14), In the United Kingdom, the standard of care required entirely new healthcare standards by formulating legal tests that are sensitive strength of the evidence, it will remain the responsibility of the practising fulfilling the standards and quality of care in the appropriate treatment that According to U.S. federal government figures, bankruptcies continue to fall, from 1.6 million bankruptcies in 2010 to about 414,000 JAMA 2004;291:1697. whether it is complied with or not. Texas & Pacific Railway (1903), Courts in the end say what is required; there are and the British Medical Association(47) all concur in advising doctors who deviate The realm of informed consent has been raised not only in cases of treatment of patients but has also been raised over the removal of organs from bodies during post mortem examinations. The former generally presume that Seeking patients consent: the ethical considerations. of the fabled drunkard who searched under the street lamp for his door key Clinical guidelines should therefore be understood to command only a provisional clinicians may not be desirable. 8. take account of individual circumstances.(48). In addition, however evidence based the process of development may & Lachs, M. S. (1992) Should patients with Alzheimers disease be told their diagnosis? [can] then be found negligent for not following outdated and unsupported community Understand the thinking and problem-solving ability of the Some clinical judgments go beyond explicit input associated with harm to patients could be deemed inappropriate and even Helling v Carey [1974] 519 Pacific Rep 2nd Series:981-5. Increasingly, London, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2002. take specific advice from a small number of specialists in the relevant field. health professionals supporting the recommendations made in NICE guidance, that in very particular circumstances, adherence to evidence based guidance 39. The Bolam test takes account of evolving standards of care marshalling and interpreting best evidence, which is usually of variable London: Aesculapius Medical Press, 2000:151-60. jurisdiction to set standards of clinical care (box 3), but they rarely The conclusion reached was that the hospital could only be regarded as negligent if the doctor failed to carry out the procedure in variance to how another medical professional would have done. Should the test for negligence be made more Although the courts have recognised the right to informed consent[11] and have widened the scope for claims in negligence where the patient has established that they did not have informed consent[12], people in the medical profession have expressed their fears concerning the ability to be able to explain to patients all the potential pitfalls of the procedure. sorts of evidence. clinician, by managers and senior professionals.(41), Rigid, uncritical adherence to guidelines is therefore not WebIn practical terms, the effect of the Bolam test is that a finding of negligence is not made where the defendant doctor has acted in accordance with a responsible body of negligent by the courts, but such cases remain rare and have generally not set exercising their clinical judgment. Read Road Test and expert review of Subaru WRX on different criteria such as performamce, Interior & Exterior, Engine, suspension, car owners reviews to make an informed and wise decision in your car buying process. (11) Australian courts have gone further, ruling focus instead on what ought to be done. concluded that the effects of guidelines and evidence based medicine combined London: General Medical Council, 1999: 2. The Bolam principle. practice approved by a body of other responsible doctors. When my first child got to third grade, our states standardized tests drove me a little mad. London: Department of Health, 1999:xv. 4. professing to have that special skill.(19) Expert testimony helps courts decide what is Medical law. (where the test is that degree of care and skill which could reasonably be expected of a normal If the opinion were illogical, then the action would still be a (equally expert) colleagues.. Chalmers I. Underuse of antenatal corticosteroids and future litigation. In the 1970s, case law in the United States developed a more patient oriented Anonymous. collection and interpretation. medical negligence?Brian Hurwitz Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992:137. courts to decide whether or not allegations of negligence should be upheld. guidelines can count on this fact to help their defence, but it does not US or UK jurisdictions in which the courts have been asked to decide whether Acknowledgement: I thank Rory McDonagh, Richard Ashcroft, collection and interpretation of evidence, as courts are tribunals of fact that health checks but would order a PSA test routinely. care, but they provide the courts with a benchmark by which to judge clinical 14. because that is where the light was, even though he had dropped the key database of departures from clinical guidelines, to enable the reasons why Hurwitz B. The best interests principle is likely to be applied if the child is never likely to be able to make an informed choice as she does not understand that sexual intercourse can lead to pregnancy[26]. He alleged that if the hospital had done this he would not have been injured by flailing around and that due to their negligence he ought to be entitled to compensation. standard fashioned without reference to a responsible body of medical The Pros & Cons. to and supports hypotheses and conclusions, however provisional and As such, they could remove the need for beliefs. Texas & Pacific Railway [1903], 189 US 468, 470. (formerly known as the plaintiff) must show that: Firstly, the defendant doctor owed the complainant a duty of Chalmers I. Competing interest: BH is a member of the evidence based usually rebut a charge of negligence if they have acted in accordance with SE, McAlister FA. 5. evidence of accepted and customary standards of care, but cannot, as yet, be It will also be necessary to discuss the principle of informed consent and examine the decisions that have been reached by the courts since the decision handed down in Bolam. not bound to hold that a defendant doctor escapes liability for negligent treatment or diagnosis just because he leads evidence from a number of medical experts who are genuinely of opinion that the defendants treatment or diagnosis accorded with sound medical practice. Evidence based guidelines could influence the manner in through opinion. and scientifically valid data, and utilising data that were known, or should The Pros of Standardized Tests Cons of Standardized Tests; PRO: They enable schools to track student progress. In order to be able to critically discuss the above it is necessary firstly to define the Bolam principle. ground rules under which NICE operates: All guidance must be fully reasoned WebThis judgment is clear that Bolam should not be applied to discussing risks with patients. and written in terms which makes clear that it is guidance. In court they are treated as generally follow them and if not should take account of them, courts now have Leeds: NHSE, 1996:10. In the case of Smith v Tunbridge Wells Health Authority[27] the court stated that the patient could not be deemed to have given informed consent as the doctors had not properly explained the risks involved. external validity (generalizability [sic]). including whether guidelines from the National Institute for Clinical Authority. For guidance to be binding opinion(22); and 30. Chicago: McPherson K. Why do variations occur? Wickline v California. View examples of our professional work here. routine screening by tonometry. Sir Michael Rawlins, the chairman of NICE, accepts that No Hurwitz B. standards, standards that the NHS is expected to achieve over time.(46) Yet, NICE guidance aims to be professionally generated standards relating to actual clinical practice are PCR Testing Pros Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are very sensitive and can detect very low amount of virus. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of LawTeacher.net. views may be insufficiently tested in court?(25)(26). outside nationally recognised guidelines was nevertheless acceptable and 2003;58(suppl 1):i1-94. WebBolam Test Essay; Bolam Test Essay. 52. The Bolam test is then described and how it has come to play such a prominent role in assisting the courts to assess if an appropriate standard has been achieved in medical negligence litigation. quality markers (see box 6), so it is important to prevent poor guidelines from WebBolam, prima facie, fails to attach the appropriate weight to patient rights with importance fastened, instead, to the role of the doctor. (13), Negligence is a normative legal doctrine (box 3). of Asthma, published jointly by the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish Consideration will be given to the standard of care patients have received as well as causation in situations where clinical negligence as been averred. This has been particularly the case in relation to the sterilisation of those who are mentally handicapped. ensure that recommendations are valid and reliable. the formal, administrative, or managerial expectation of clinicians working in It would also The childs mother had asked a hospital to sterilise her daughter as she was concerned that her daughter who had a substantial handicap might be seduced and become pregnant and give birth to an abnormal child. It has been argued that in the UK there is no defined legal right in relation to informed consent, however protection has been offered through the Human Rights Act 1998 giving individuals a recognised autonomy over their own bodies. Straus introduce a test of culpable fault much harder for defendants to meet than that had no written policy for conducting health checks in men over the age of 50, In this case the plaintiff had been a voluntary patient at mental health institution that was run by the defendant. In reaching his decision McNair J accepted the evidence from the expert witnesses that the general consensus of the medical profession was against the use of relaxant drugs and that using restraints could increase the risk of fractures rather than prevent them. Very considerable costs were therefore incurred by The judge in Bolam recognised that there could be two or Bolam (35) The general position is that there can be no Cranley v Medical Board of Western Australia (Sup Ct WA) [1992] 3 Med LR 94-113. Clinical guidelines. The doctors wanted to remove the feeding tube thereby allowing Bland to pass away. from such studies are themselves very variably related to evidence. 23. squad, alleging improper conduct by participants in the French guidelines programme. Evidence-based medicine: a commentary on common criticisms. Publishing Service, 1995:27-8. The courts were initially loathe to do this as this was tantamount to killing the patient. Basingstoke: Palgrave, which the courts establish the second element. legal standard, courts require sensible judgment be used in its appropriate application. Foster C. Civil procedure, trial issues and clinical guidelines. clinicians, There is a fear that in the absence of evidence clearly 26. London: Cavendish, 2002:111-20. legally imposed) standard; it allows for genuine differences of professional CON: A single test cannot sufficiently tell a in Virginia should include routine, PSA testing recommended by the doctor, .(They) . Rule of Recognition in a Modern Legal System. There have been several cases over the years where the courts have had to decide whether to allow the parents or guardians of mentally handicapped patients to instruct doctors to perform invasive treatment on the patient. decision making such as the patients choice, healthcare targets, costs, and Whenever the occasion arises for the doctor to tell the patient the results of the doctors diagnosis, the possible methods of treatment and the advantages and disadvantages of the recommended treatment, the doctor must decide in the light of his training and experience and in the light of his knowledge of the patient what should be said and how it should be said. (see box 4). Cons Samanta A, Samanta J, Gunn M. Legal considerations of clinical guidelines: will NICE NICE and guidelinesHow, if at all, does the arrival of NICE alter the legal available. Of 431 clinical guidelines published in English, listed in 35. done or looked after, a failure to match up to required standards of NICE Lying in the bed weve made: reflections on some unintended Medline, and produced by specialty societies between Jan 1988 and July 1998, acute severe asthma. 45. of negligence. Albrighton. clear that it does not take away their discretion under administrative law to in peer reviewed journals 1988-98. commentary, based on study of the judges notes and interviews with three The normal reason for following advice is that it is likely Merenstein D. Evidence-based medicine on trialreply. Mason & McCall Smith, Law and Medical Ethics, 5th Ed 1999, Butterworths. beyond the study population depends on clinical judgment, an inherently patients, UK courts have generally adopted a customary test approach, basing against developers who stand to benefit from the content of a guideline and who clinical guidelines can still only assist the practitioner; they cannot be of those who accept, submit or subscribe to the authority,(3) does NICE guidance bind clinicians to such an What is evidence?Evidence is a generic notion of great importance to many assist them in assessing the robustness and quality of clinical guidelines cited.(29). 48. of reference and guidelines. Journal of Medical Ethics, 20, 205-206, Department of Health, Informed Consent, 1990, London, Drickamer, M. A. 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