Apologies, medicine and the law
Browne, P.
Journal of Law and Medicine 16(2): 200-208
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1320-159X PMID: 19009998 Document Number: 615157
This column considers some of the imperatives and barriers which may impact on a medical practitioner who apologises to a patient following an adverse event in New South Wales. It also considers the inclusion of the apology provisions in ss 67-69 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) and the extent to which those provisions may protect apologising practitioners from liability.
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