dc.contributor.author |
Manning, Joanna |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-11-25T02:54:52Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Journal of Law and Medicine 18(1):393-404 2010 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1320-159X |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/9569 |
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dc.description.abstract |
New Zealand has evolved a just, sensible and balanced system for addressing adverse medical events. This article considers potential changes to enhance justice for health consumers after an adverse event. Patient motivations for claiming are described. Changes to the complaints regime are considered with the aim of opening up access to the Human Rights Review Tribunal. Modest change only is advocated, to avoid the potential for the Tribunal to become a de facto appeal mechanism. The preferable solution is greater access to HDC investigations. The second part of the article considers changes, some implemented already, to the compensation regime to make it more affordable. These will compromise the ability of the scheme to address the remedial interest of injured patients in compensation. Undesirable consequences are likely to occur across the system. Policy-makers need to consider the ramifications of change for the system as a whole. |
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dc.publisher |
Thomson Reuters (Professional) |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Journal of Law and Medicine |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1320-159X/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Access to Justice for New Zealand Health Consumers |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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pubs.issue |
1 |
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pubs.begin-page |
393 |
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pubs.volume |
18 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Thomson Reuters (Professional) |
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pubs.author-url |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20977171 |
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pubs.end-page |
404 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
102447 |
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pubs.org-id |
Law |
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pubs.org-id |
Faculty Administration Law |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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