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This is a discussion on medicine and the law led by Diana Brahams who is a barrister-at-law, editor of the Medico-Legal Journal and legal correspondent to The Lancet. The participants are Raanan Gi...llon (doctor and editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics), Michael Drummond (health economist), Jack Dowie and Beverley Hunt. Diana Brahams introduces the discussion by outlining the current legal position regarding "informed consent' and by arguing for a "no-blame" system of compensation for adverse consequences of medical intervention. The discussion covers, inter alia: informed consent; the "prudent patient" standard; the "respected body of medical opinion" standard; the nature of legal damages.
This is a discussion on medicine and the law led by Diana Brahams who is a barrister-at-law, editor of the Medico-Legal Journal and legal correspondent to The Lancet. The participants are Raanan Gi...llon (doctor and editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics), Michael Drummond (health economist), Jack Dowie and Beverley Hunt. Diana Brahams introduces the discussion by outlining the current legal position regarding "informed consent' and by arguing for a "no-blame" system of compensation for adverse consequences of medical intervention. The discussion covers, inter alia: informed consent; the "prudent patient" standard; the "respected body of medical opinion" standard; the nature of legal damages.
| Module code and title: | D321, Professional judgement |
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| Item code: | D321; 10 |
| Recording date: | 25-06-1987 |
| First transmission date: | 1988 |
| Published: | 1988 |
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| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Jeremy Cooper |
| Contributors: | Jack Dowie; Beverley Hunt; Diana Brahams; Raanan Gillon; Michael Drummond |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Lancet; Law; Medicine; Informed consent; Prudent patient; Legal damages |
| Master spool number: | HOU5637 |
| Production number: | FOUD314S |
| Videofinder number: | 1131 |
| Available to public: | no |
