Abstract
Systematically improving patient safety is of the utmost importance, but it is also an extremely complex and challenging task. This illuminating study evaluates the role of professionalism, regulation and law in seeking to improve safety, arguing that the ‘medical dominance’ model is ill-suited to this aim, which instead requires a patient-centred vision of professionalism. It brings together literatures on professions, regulation and trust, while examining the different legal mechanisms for responding to patient safety events. Quick includes an examination of areas of law which have received little attention in this context, such as health and safety law and coronial law, and contends in particular that the active involvement of patients in their own treatment is fundamental to ensuring their safety.
Translated title of the contribution | Regulating Safety and Trust in Medicine: Protecting Patients and Professions |
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Original language | English |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
ISBN (Print) | 9780521190992 |
Publication status | Published - 16 Mar 2017 |
Publication series
Name | Bioethics and Law |
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Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Research Groups and Themes
- Centre for Health, Law and Society
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Professor Oliver L Quick
- University of Bristol Law School - Professor of Health Law and Policy
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