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Medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care: consensus recommendations from a national workshop
Author(s) -
Evans Alison C,
Zorbas Helen M,
Keaney Megan A,
Sidhom Mark A,
Goodwin Holly E,
Peterson Janice C
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01684.x
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , documentation , attendance , medicine , limiting , transparency (behavior) , liability , health care , health professionals , nursing , medical education , business , political science , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , law , programming language , finance
Concerns about medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care may act as a barrier to the implementation of best practice approaches. While multidisciplinary meetings carry a low level of medicolegal risk, improved documentation and transparency in approach will assist in limiting liability for individual health professionals and health services. The medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach are not affected by whether a health professional bills the patient for attendance at multidisciplinary meetings.