Early Apology or Admission of Responsibility in Medical Malpractice Disputes

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Early Apology or Admission of Responsibility in Medical Malpractice Disputes

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Communication plays a crucial role in the support of quality of relationship and mutual trust between a health care provider and a patient. It also implements one of the essential rights of the patient under Article 10 of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. Meaningful communication requires that the patient be effectively informed not only about successes, but also adverse development or errors, bearing in mind that even modern medicine is unable to eliminate them completely. A health care provider that admits an error early, provides an apology and suggests available options to remedy it, or at least offers some compensation, may be able to keep the patient&apos;s trust and avoid a lawsuit. It is however questionable whether the law sufficiently motivates the care provider to do so. The perspective of minimization of compensation is unreliable and any admission of responsibility or an apology may be subsequently utilised by the patient or their relatives in judicial proceedings in order to prove the elements of liability of the health care provider and obtain monetary damages. This article discusses whether some rules or principles of either substantive or procedural nature should be introduced in order to offer better incentives for the care provider to timely and efficiently admit an error and make an apology to the patient. It contributes to the international debate about a topic affecting all countries in rhe world that seek to ensure good health care for rheir population.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Early Apology or Admission of Responsibility in Medical Malpractice Disputes

Popis výsledku anglicky

Communication plays a crucial role in the support of quality of relationship and mutual trust between a health care provider and a patient. It also implements one of the essential rights of the patient under Article 10 of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. Meaningful communication requires that the patient be effectively informed not only about successes, but also adverse development or errors, bearing in mind that even modern medicine is unable to eliminate them completely. A health care provider that admits an error early, provides an apology and suggests available options to remedy it, or at least offers some compensation, may be able to keep the patient&apos;s trust and avoid a lawsuit. It is however questionable whether the law sufficiently motivates the care provider to do so. The perspective of minimization of compensation is unreliable and any admission of responsibility or an apology may be subsequently utilised by the patient or their relatives in judicial proceedings in order to prove the elements of liability of the health care provider and obtain monetary damages. This article discusses whether some rules or principles of either substantive or procedural nature should be introduced in order to offer better incentives for the care provider to timely and efficiently admit an error and make an apology to the patient. It contributes to the international debate about a topic affecting all countries in rhe world that seek to ensure good health care for rheir population.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Czech Yearbook of Public and Private International Law, česká ročenka mezinárodního práva veřejného a soukromého

ISSN

1805-0999

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

2019

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

10

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

335-345

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85079894840