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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"medical negligence"”.
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Medical negligence: Appraisal of the Health Act No.24 of 2009
… by an act or omission that may amount to medical negligence. In the normal case of negligence the court is fully competent to lay down what the reasonable man should do in everyday circumstances, because judges are aware of and understand everyday circumstances. But in the case of medical …
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Medical negligence: Appraisal of the Health Act No.24 of 2009
… by an act or omission that may amount to medical negligence. In the normal case of negligence the court is fully competent to lay down what the reasonable man should do in everyday circumstances, because judges are aware of and understand everyday circumstances. But in the case of medical …
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Medical negligence as novus actus interveniens: an analysis of the South African delictual jurisprudence
… equality of treatment between the victim of medical negligence and the health service provider has not enjoyed a satisfactory judicial approach. The causes of death or harm suffered by the patient poses a serious problem in the medico-legal investigation. The major focus of this proposed …
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The incommensurability of the archaic perceptions of the maxim res ipsa loquitur in medical negligence litigation
… context of delictual claims for compensation for medical negligence in South African law. The thesis accepts that the doctrine is defensible in principle: a civil court may justifiably draw an inference that a defendant's negligent conduct was a factual cause of the harm suffered in simple cases …
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The concept of medical negligence and its litigation process; a comparison between the UK and the Saudi Arabian jurisdictions
Medical negligence or medical malpractice is as old as the medical practice itself. In the UK, both concepts have evolved and transformed over the years. Medical negligence litigation process in the UK is as clear as the English law itself and its accompanying procedural rules. Conversely, the …
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Medical negligence litigation as a mechanism for understanding gaps in health system responsiveness in the South African public health system
Medical negligence claims in South Africa have seen a significant rise in recent years. The reasons given for this rise have ranged from accusations of predatory legal practitioners taking advantage of patients to an ever-increasing quantum of damages been awarded by the courts. The impact of this …
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Liability for Negligent Healthcare Clinical Risk Management in the United States and Germany
… fills that gap with a comparative analysis of medical negligence law in the U.S. and Germany through the international lens of modern medical error prevention science and policy to articulate a legal basis and sketch the evidentiary framework for tort liability based on negligent CRM.
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Disability, social work and social exclusion : new strategies for achieving social inclusion of people with physical disabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
… The study identified ten themes: the nature of medical support; financial assistance; mobility; (5) religion and disability; gender and disability; quality of life; perceptions and problems; social support services and social workers; and Saudi law and policy implementation. CONCLUSION: The …
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The Criminalisation of Adverse Medical Events in Criminal Negligence Cases: Exploring Fate, Agency, and Pragmatism in the Construction of Blame for Alleged Physician Negligence
… as an unsuitable system to regulate adverse medical events (AME) because the unintentional nature of AME renders it incompatible with the penal objectives of the criminal law. This project uses an interpretivist approach to examine how blameworthiness is constructed in criminal cases …
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La pérdida de oportunidad y su aplicación en materia de responsabilidad médica, en la jurisprudencia colombiana desde 1999 a 2018
La teoría de la pérdida de la oportunidad o chance, se viene aplicando en Colombia a través de la Jurisprudencia del Consejo de Estado para resolver un gran número de situaciones, derivadas de la responsabilidad extracontractual del Estado en materia médica, cuando se trata de casos en los que se …