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Ethics and Communication in
Health Care
by
P S Ranjan
Advocate & Solicitor
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Common Causes of
Medico-Legal Problems
• administrative and clerical errors and
system failures
• poor communication
• inadequate records
• working beyond the level of competence
• delegating to those without necessary
training and experience
• insufficient clinical assessment of cases
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Components of Health Care
• diagnosis
• treatment
• giving of Advice and Information
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Duty of Confidentiality
• an ethical duty
• a legal duty
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Duty of Care regarding:-
• receiving information
• recording it
• keeping and preserving it
• transmitting it to others
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Giving advice and information
regarding:-
• proposed investigations, tests, treatment,
etc.
• material risks of injury arising from them
• cost and expense involved
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Taking Consent
The duty to give sufficient information and
advice regarding material risks when taking
consent.
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If You Withhold Information
Be prepared to justify it
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Withholding Warning of Material
Risks
May be justified in some cases in the best
interest of the patient – the doctor’s
therapeutic privilege.
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When Things Go Wrong
• giving information and explanation
• being compassionate and understanding
• being truthful
• being prepared for legal proceedings
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Collin v Hertfordshire County Council
and Anor [1947] 1 All ER 639
• operating surgeon ordered on the telephone
procaine
• resident house surgeon heard “cocaine”
• patient died as a result
• hospital authority, operating surgeon and
house surgeon were all found negligent
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Avoiding medico-legal
problems
• practise good and courteous
communication with patients and
colleagues
• keep at a reasonable level patients’
expectations
• write (and keep) proper medical records
• practise at the appropriate level
• delegate tasks only to the competent
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Avoiding medico-legal
problems , cont. • undertake sufficient clinical assessment
of cases
• be compassionate
• avoid making rash remarks about patient
care and management
• be prepared to give opinions to patients
in medico - legal cases
• have a simple and effective complaints
procedure
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