Consultant Articles

Please see below some of our published medico-legal articles. If you have a medico-legal query, you can contact us by email on advisory@medisec.ie, telephone us on 1800 460 400 or contact an individual member of our medico-legal advisory team.
Members seeking urgent medico-legal advice can call 1800 460 400.

Articles

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Article on preparing a response strategy for angry and aggressive patients
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Breakdown in professional relationship
Burnout and how to avoid it
Breakdown in doctor patient relationship
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Children - Statutory reporting obligations
Communication - discussing obesity
Complaints - A changing complaints landscape
Court - Giving evidence in Court
Cauda Equina - raising your awareness of the “Red Flags” for early detection of Cauda Equina Syndrome
Consent - article on on adult patients refusing potentially life-saving medical intervention on religious or cultural grounds.
Claims - Breaking down the elements of a claim
Consent - Understanding informed consent article
Coroner's (Amendment) Act 2019
Communication between primary and secondary care article
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Diagnostic uncertainty in clinical medicine
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Expert witness role
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GDPR - Beware of amending or erasing medical records
GDPR - Erasure Requests
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Inquests - A guide
Informed consent
Intimate examinations by remote consultation
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Medical Council's new Ethical Guide - Six key takeaways
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Next of Kin in medicine
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Open Disclosure legislation
Occupational Health - Medico-legal dilemmas in occupational health matters
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Personal Injuries Guidelines impact
Patient safety incidents - supporting clinicians
Providing evidence at fitness to practise hearings
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Recording of consultations
Reeling in the medico-legal year
Reviews - How to handle negative online reviews
Recording - How to react if a patient has been recording you without your knowledge
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Secondary victim in adverse healthcare event
Social Media - avoid the pitfalls
Sepsis - Beware Sepsis - Think Sepsis article
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Tusla - Reporting cases of childhood abuse

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