eMJA: Medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care: consensus recommendations from a national workshop

Medicine and the Law

Medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care: consensus recommendations from a national workshop

Alison C Evans, Helen M Zorbas, Megan A Keaney, Mark A Sidhom, Holly E Goodwin and Janice C Peterson

MJA 2008; 188 (7): 401-404

Introduction

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Consensus recommendations

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Documentation of team role and function

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Patient privacy and consent

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Identification of patients in meetings

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Professional liability

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Conclusions

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Acknowledgements

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Competing interests

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Author details

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References

Abstract

Concerns about medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care may act as a barrier to the implementation of best practice approaches.
While multidisciplinary meetings carry a low level of medicolegal risk, improved documentation and transparency in approach will assist in limiting liability for individual health professionals and health services.
The medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach are not affected by whether a health professional bills the patient for attendance at multidisciplinary meetings.

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