MEDICAL ETHICS

 

Managing risks in surgical practice: A necessity

 

 

AH van den Bout

Drs Med en Arts (Leiden), MMed (Orth)(UP), BLC (UP), LLB (UP), CIME (USA). Orthopaedic Surgeon and Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Dr Van den Bout is a founder member of the South African Medico-Legal Society and a past president

Correspondence

 

 

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ABSTRACT

The bi-annual seminar of the South African Medico-legal Society was held recently on the topic of "Management of medico-legal risks and costs in surgical practice in South Africa". The invited speakers were Dr Liz Meyer of the Medical Protection Society (MPS) and Adv Graham van der Spuy of the Cape Bar. Some of their excellent contributions follow in this report. Everyone who attended left the conference left more aware of the many risks of surgical practice and the possible legal consequences.

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Reference

1. Van den Bout AH. Know the boundaries within your scope of practice. SAOJ, Winter 2008;7(3):28.         [ Links ]

 

 

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This article was not submitted to an ethical committee for approval. The content of this article is the sole work of the authors. No benefits of any form have been derived from any commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.