{"title":"Correction to: Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn (eds), Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad036","DOIUrl":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":" ","pages":"643-644"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71487875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annie Mackley, Kathleen Liddell, Jeffrey M Skopek, Isabelle Le Gallez, Zoë Fritz
{"title":"The frontiers of medical negligence and diagnosis: an interview-based analysis.","authors":"Annie Mackley, Kathleen Liddell, Jeffrey M Skopek, Isabelle Le Gallez, Zoë Fritz","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad009","DOIUrl":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While errors in medical diagnosis are common and often litigated, the different dimensions of diagnosis-formation, communication, recording-have received much less legal attention. When the process of diagnosis is differentiated in this way, new and contentious legal questions emerge that challenge the appropriateness of the Bolam/Bolitho standard. To explore these challenges, we interviewed 31 solicitors and barristers and asked them: (i) whether Montgomery should apply to information about alternative diagnoses; and (ii) whether the Bolam/Bolitho standard should be rejected in 'pure diagnosis' cases. Our qualitative analysis of the interviews sheds light not only on the two questions posed, but also on three cross-cutting themes. First, Bolam/Bolitho is criticised on two grounds that are often conflated: its paternalism for patients and its deference to medical professionals. Second, adopting different standards for different aspects of treatment and diagnosis may be justified in principle, but it can sometimes be difficult or not make sense in practice. Third, new conceptions of patients, doctors, and courts are being articulated in terms of rights or responsibilities over risks. In mapping these issues at the frontiers of medical negligence, this empirical study identifies potential pressure points for future legal developments.</p>","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":" ","pages":"485-500"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10681357/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9551500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha Halliday, Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Lien de Proost, E Joanne Verweij
{"title":"The (mis)use of fetal viability as the determinant of non-criminal abortion in the Netherlands and England and Wales.","authors":"Samantha Halliday, Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Lien de Proost, E Joanne Verweij","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad015","DOIUrl":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Time plays a fundamental role in abortion regulation. In this article, we compare the regulatory frameworks in England and Wales and the Netherlands as examples of the centrality accorded to viability in the determination of the parameters of non-criminal abortion, demonstrating that the use of viability as a threshold renders the law uncertain. We assess the role played by the concept of viability, analysing its impact upon the continued criminalization of abortion and categorization of abortion as a medical matter, rather than a reproductive choice. We conclude that viability is misconceived in its application to abortion and that neonatal viability (relating to treatment of the premature infant) and fetal viability (related to the capacity to survive birth) must be distinguished to better reflect the social context within which the law and practice of abortion operate. We show how viability thresholds endanger pregnant people.</p>","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":" ","pages":"538-563"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10681352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9551499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin Ariyo, Nuala B Kane, Gareth S Owen, Alex Ruck Keene
{"title":"Interpersonal influences on decision-making capacity: a content analysis of court judgments.","authors":"Kevin Ariyo, Nuala B Kane, Gareth S Owen, Alex Ruck Keene","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad017","DOIUrl":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For many purposes in England and Wales, the Court of Protection determines whether a person has or lacks capacity to make a decision, by applying the test within the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This test is regularly described as a cognitive test with cognitive processes discussed as internal characteristics. However, it is unclear how the courts have framed interpersonal influence as negatively impacting upon a person's decision-making processes in a capacity assessment context. We reviewed published court judgments in England and Wales in which interpersonal problems were discussed as relevant to capacity. Through content analysis, we developed a typology that highlights five ways the courts considered influence to be problematic to capacity across these cases. Interpersonal influence problems were constructed as (i) P's inability to preserve their free will or independence, (ii) restricting P's perspective, (iii) valuing or dependence on a relationship, (iv) acting on a general suggestibility to influence, or (v) P denying facts about the relationship. These supposed mechanisms of interpersonal influence problems are poorly understood and clearly merit further consideration. Our typology and case discussion are a start towards more detailed practice guidelines, and raise questions as to whether mental capacity and influence should remain legally distinct.</p>","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":" ","pages":"564-593"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10681350/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9599365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial intelligence and clinical decision support: clinicians' perspectives on trust, trustworthiness, and liability.","authors":"Caroline Jones, James Thornton, Jeremy C Wyatt","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad013","DOIUrl":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionise health care, potentially improving clinician decision making and patient safety, and reducing the impact of workforce shortages. However, policymakers and regulators have concerns over whether AI and clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) are trusted by stakeholders, and indeed whether they are worthy of trust. Yet, what is meant by trust and trustworthiness is often implicit, and it may not be clear who or what is being trusted. We address these lacunae, focusing largely on the perspective(s) of clinicians on trust and trustworthiness in AI and CDSSs. Empirical studies suggest that clinicians' concerns about their use include the accuracy of advice given and potential legal liability if harm to a patient occurs. Onora O'Neill's conceptualisation of trust and trustworthiness provides the framework for our analysis, generating a productive understanding of clinicians' reported trust issues. Through unpacking these concepts, we gain greater clarity over the meaning ascribed to them by stakeholders; delimit the extent to which stakeholders are talking at cross purposes; and promote the continued utility of trust and trustworthiness as useful concepts in current debates around the use of AI and CDSSs.</p>","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":" ","pages":"501-520"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10681355/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9507097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The appeal in Bell v Tavistock and beyond: where are we now with trans children's treatment for gender dysphoria?","authors":"Kirsty L Moreton","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad025","DOIUrl":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":" ","pages":"594-605"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10014349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"R v Foster: Exemplifying the urgency of the decriminalisation of abortion.","authors":"Elizabeth Chloe Romanis","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad026","DOIUrl":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":" ","pages":"606-614"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9967716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mortier v Belgium [2022] ECHR 764: Warning Signs for Assisted Dying Regulation?","authors":"Chay M Burt","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad034","DOIUrl":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":" ","pages":"615-622"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41217592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jaime Lindsey, <i>Reimagining the Court of Protection: Access to Justice in Mental Capacity Law</i>","authors":"Jordan Briggs","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwad035","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article Jaime Lindsey, Reimagining the Court of Protection: Access to Justice in Mental Capacity Law Get access Jaime Lindsey, Reimagining the Court of Protection: Access to Justice in Mental Capacity Law, Cambridge University Press, 2023, hardback, 244 pp, £85.00, ISBN: 978-1-108-83442-1 Jordan Briggs Jordan Briggs University of Oxford, UK E-mail: jordan_briggs@outlook.com Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Medical Law Review, fwad035, https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwad035 Published: 10 October 2023","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136294162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn (eds), <i>Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis</i>","authors":"Daniel Bianchi","doi":"10.1093/medlaw/fwad031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwad031","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn (eds), Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis Get access Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn (eds), Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 2023, hardback, 341 pp, GBP 95.00, ISBN 9781009152624. Daniel Bianchi Daniel Bianchi University of Malta, Malta E-mail: daniel.bianchi@um.edu.mt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5455-4365 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Medical Law Review, fwad031, https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwad031 Published: 25 September 2023","PeriodicalId":49146,"journal":{"name":"Medical Law Review","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135770009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}