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dc.contributor.authorStuddert, David Men
dc.contributor.authorPiper, Donellaen
dc.contributor.authorIedema, Ricken
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-19T14:55:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citationMedical Journal of Australia, 193(6), p. 351-355en
dc.identifier.issn1326-5377en
dc.identifier.issn0025-729Xen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7490-
dc.description.abstractObjective: To assess the attitudes of health care professionals engaged in open disclosure (OD) to the legal risks and protections that surround this activity. Design and participants: National cross-sectional survey of 51 experienced OD practitioners conducted in mid 2009. Main outcome measures: Perceived barriers to OD; awareness of and attitudes towards medicolegal protections; recommendations for reform. Results: The vast majority of participants rated fears about the medicolegal risks (45/51) and inadequate education and training in OD skills (43/51) as major or moderate barriers to OD. A majority (30/51) of participants viewed qualified privilege laws as having limited or no effect on health professionals' willingness to conduct OD, whereas opinion was divided about the effect of apology laws (state laws protecting expressions of regret from subsequent use in legal proceedings). In four states and territories (Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory), a majority of participants were unaware that their own jurisdiction had apology laws that applied to OD. The most frequent recommendations for legal reform to improve OD were strengthening existing protections (23), improving education and awareness of applicable laws (11), fundamental reform of the medical negligence system (8), and better alignment of the activities of certain legal actors (eg, coroners) with OD practice (6). Conclusions: Concerns about both the medicolegal implications of OD and the skills needed to conduct it effectively are prevalent among health professionals at the leading edge of the OD movement in Australia. The ability of current laws to protect against use of this information in legal proceedings is perceived as inadequate.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAustralasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofMedical Journal of Australiaen
dc.titleLegal aspects of open disclosure II: attitudes of health professionals - findings from a national surveyen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Care Administrationen
dc.subject.keywordsCivil Law and Procedureen
dc.subject.keywordsTort Lawen
local.contributor.firstnameDavid Men
local.contributor.firstnameDonellaen
local.contributor.firstnameRicken
local.subject.for2008111709 Health Care Administrationen
local.subject.for2008180126 Tort Lawen
local.subject.for2008180104 Civil Law and Procedureen
local.subject.seo2008920207 Health Policy Economic Outcomesen
local.subject.seo2008949999 Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Lawen
local.profile.schoolUNE Business Schoolen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Lawen
local.profile.emaildpiper@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110224-150035en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage351en
local.format.endpage355en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume193en
local.identifier.issue6en
local.title.subtitleattitudes of health professionals - findings from a national surveyen
local.contributor.lastnameStudderten
local.contributor.lastnamePiperen
local.contributor.lastnameIedemaen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:7658en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleLegal aspects of open disclosure IIen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://mja.com.au/public/issues/193_06_200910/stu10128_fm.htmlen
local.search.authorStuddert, David Men
local.search.authorPiper, Donellaen
local.search.authorIedema, Ricken
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2010en
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