{"id":5217,"date":"2023-03-29T06:11:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T04:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jphres.org\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2023-04-02T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T12:00:42","slug":"medical-error-disclosure-and-patient-safety-legal-aspects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/jphr.2013.e31\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical error disclosure and patient safety: legal aspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong class=\"aut_name\">Olivier Guillod<\/strong><sup>(1*)<\/sup><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-author-affilitation\"><sup><i>1<\/i><\/sup>\u00a0Institute of Health Law, University of Neuch\u00e2tel,\u00a0<i>Switzerland<\/i>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 27px;\">Abstract<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Reducing the number of preventable adverse events has become a public health issue. The paper discusses in which ways the law can contribute to that goal, especially by encouraging a culture of safety among healthcare professionals. It assesses the need or the usefulness to pass so-called\u00a0<em>disclosure laws\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>apology laws<\/em>, to adopt mandatory but strictly confidential Critical Incidents Reporting Systems in hospitals, to change the fault-based system of medical liability or to amend the rules on criminal liability. The paper eventually calls for adding the law to the present agenda of patient safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivier Guillod(1*) 1\u00a0Institute of Health Law, University of Neuch\u00e2tel,\u00a0Switzerland. Abstract Reducing the number of preventable adverse events has become a public health issue. The paper discusses in which ways the law can contribute to that goal, especially by encouraging a culture of safety among healthcare professionals. 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