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Medico-legal issues
When is it justifiable to refuse a home visit?
In the ninth article in this series, Dr Gerard Panting examines the factors that need to be considered when deciding whether to visit a patient at home
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Patient confidentiality: how to balance conflicting duties
Dr Gerard Panting gives advice on when to maintain patient confidentiality, when it may be breached and when it is mandatory to disclose information
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Our panel of experts answer medico-legal questions
In the third of a new series of Q As, Dr Gerard Panting answers questions on medico-legal issues in general practice
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Blowing the whistle on colleagues who underperform
Doctors have a duty to act if they consider patients to be at risk through the conduct, ill health or poor performance of a colleague, explains Dr Gerard Panting
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Time to reform the NHS complaints procedure
In the fifth article in this series, Dr Gerard Panting, of the MPS, discusses criticisms of the NHS complaints procedure and recommendations for its reform
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What healthcare professionals need to know about PGDs
In the third article in this series, Dr Gerard Panting, of the MPS, discusses medico-legal issues around the drawing up and implementation of patient group directions
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What to do when competent patients refuse treatment
In the second article in this series, Dr Gerard Panting, of the MPS, discusses what doctors should do when patients refuse treatment recommended by guidelines
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Risk management can be of benefit in general practice
Dr Patrick Hoyte of the Medical Defence Union explains how quality risk management programmes can help to reduce the possibility of future claims and complaints
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New guidance on PGDs clarifies legal position
Dr Charles Sears discusses the new legislation and guidance on drawing up patient group directions
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Applying the GMC's guidance on obtaining consent
Dr Greg Dilliway welcomes the GMC's new guidance on consent but argues that it may be difficult to apply in practice
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Could you be held liable for written clinical recommendations?
In the final article in this series, Dr Brian Hurwitz explains why doctors still need to exercise discretion and judgment when following guidelines
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Guidelines – sword or shield?
Dr Greg Dilliway explains why all GPs need to consider the legal implications of following or deviating from guidelines
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Can deviation from guidelines constitiute negligence?
In the third article in this series, Dr Brian Hurwitz explains how deviating from protocols or guidelines may be interpreted in terms of the law of negligence
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Could guidelines protect doctors against negligence claims?
In the second article in this series, Dr Brian Hurwitz discusses the nature of medical negligence and the role that clinical guidelines may play in such actions
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Medicolegal and ethical aspects of guideline use
In the introduction to his series on the legal implications of guideline use, Dr Brian Hurwitz discusses the varying definitions of guidelines
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