"Choosing Wisely: Law's Contribution as a Cause of and a Cure for Unwise Healthcare Choices"

[2017] UTSLRS 16

Ries, Nola M

University of Technology Sydney Law Research Series

Australia

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 (ACT)	s45
Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)	s5B, s5D, s5O, s13
Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld)	s9, s11
Civil Liability Act 1936 (SA)	s34
Civil Liability Act 2002 (Tas)
Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic)	s48, s51
Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
Redzepovic v Western Health	[2016] VSCA 251	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	19 Oct 2016	AustLII	6
Coote v Kelly; Northam v Kelly	[2016] NSWSC 1447	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	13 Oct 2016	AustLII	46
Rothonis v Lattimore	[2016] NSWSC 1409	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 Oct 2016	AustLII	1
"Innovation in Healthcare, Innovation in Law: Does the Law Support Interprofessional Collaboration in Canadian Health Systems?"	(2016) 54 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 87	Osgoode Hall Law Journal	Canada	circa 2016	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1
(2016) 353 British Medical Journal 2230	(2016) 353 British Medical Journal 2230	British Medical Journal	United Kingdom	circa 2016		1
"The Science of Choosing Wisely – Overcoming the Therapeutic Illusion"	(2016) 374 New England Journal of Medicine 1203	New England Journal of Medicine	United States	circa 2016		1
"Worldwide Thyroid-Cancer Epidemic? The Increasing Impact of Overdiagnosis"	(2016) 375 New England Journal of Medicine 614	New England Journal of Medicine	United States	circa 2016		1
"Prevalence and characteristics of physicians prone to malpractice claims"	(2016) 374 New England Journal of Medicine 354	New England Journal of Medicine	United States	circa 2016		1
"The New Era of Informed Consent: Getting to a Reasonable-Patient Standard Through Shared Decision Making"	(2016) 315 Journal of the American Medical Association 2063	Journal of the American Medical Association	United States	circa 2016		1
"Enduring and Emerging Challenges for Informed Consent"	(2015) 372 New England Journal of Medicine 855	New England Journal of Medicine	United States	circa 2015		1
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board	[2015] UKSC 11; [2015] AC 1430	United Kingdom Supreme Court	United Kingdom	circa 2015	BAILII	115
"Reevaluating Reports of Defensive Medicine"	(2015) 40 (6) Journal of Health Politics Policy & Law 1157	Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law	United States	circa 2015		1
"Polypharmacy Among Inpatients aged 70 Years or Older in Australia"	(2015) 202 (7) Medical Journal of Australia 373	Medical Journal of Australia	Australia	circa 2015		1
"Choosing Wisely: Changing Clinicians, Patients, or Policies?"	(2015) 313 Journal of the American Medical Association 657	Journal of the American Medical Association	United States	circa 2015		1
"Medical Negligence, Causation and Liability for Non-disclosure of Risk: A Post-Wallace Framework and Critique"	(2014) 37 University of New South Wales Law Journal 972	University of New South Wales Law Journal	Australia	circa 2014	AustLII	1
"The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care"	(2014) 371 New England Journal of Medicine 1518	New England Journal of Medicine	United States	circa 2014		1
Coote v Kelly	[2013] NSWCA 357	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Oct 2013	AustLII	39
Paul v Cooke	[2013] NSWCA 311; (2013) 85 NSWLR 167	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	19 Sep 2013	AustLII	70
Wallace v Kam	[2013] HCA 19; (2013) 250 CLR 375; (2013) 297 ALR 383; 87 ALJR 648	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 May 2013	AustLII	349
"Breast Cancer Screening: Conflicting Guidelines and Medicolegal Risk"	(2013) 309 Journal of the American Medical Association 2555	Journal of the American Medical Association	United States	circa 2013		1
"Open Disclosure: Ethical, Professional and Legal Obligations, and the Way Forward for Regulation"	(2013) 198 (8) Medical Journal of Australia 445	Medical Journal of Australia	Australia	circa 2013		1
"The Effect of Medical Malpractice Liability on Rate of Referrals Received by Specialist Physicians"	(2013) 8 (4) Health Economics Policy and Law 453	Health Economics, Policy and Law	United Kingdom	circa 2013	Cambridge	1
Paul v Cooke	[2012] NSWSC 840	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	25 Jul 2012	AustLII	13
"The Evolution of Informed Consent"	(2012) 19 Journal of Law and Medicine 673	Journal of Law and Medicine	Australia	circa 2012	Legal Online	1
"Shared Decision-Making – Pinnacle of Patient-Centred Care"	(2012) 366 New England Journal of Medicine 780	New England Journal of Medicine	United States	circa 2012		1
"A Fair Dinkum Duty of Open Disclosure Following Medical Error"	(2012) 20 Journal of Law and Medicine 34	Journal of Law and Medicine	Australia	circa 2012	Legal Online	1
"Over 150 Potentially Low-value Health Care Practices: An Australian Study"	(2012) 197 Medical Journal of Australia 556	Medical Journal of Australia	Australia	circa 2012		1
"A No-Fault Compensation System For Medical Injury is Long Overdue"	(2012) 197 (5) Medical Journal of Australia 296	Medical Journal of Australia	Australia	circa 2012		1
"Informed Consent in Clinical Care – Practical Considerations in the Effort to Achieve Ethical Goals"	(2011) 305 Journal of the American Medical Association 1130	Journal of the American Medical Association	United States	circa 2011		1
Medical Board of Western Australia and Richards	[2010] WASAT 94	State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	30 Jun 2010	AustLII	7
Tabet v Gett	[2010] HCA 12; (2010) 240 CLR 537; (2010) 265 ALR 227; (2010) 84 ALJR 292; [2010] Aust Torts Reports 82-057	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	21 Apr 2010	AustLII	290
Le Brun v Joseph [No 2]	[2010] WASCA 52	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	24 Mar 2010	AustLII	5
"Perceived Practice Change in Australian Doctors as a Result of Medicolegal Concerns"	(2010) 193 Medical Journal of Australia 579	Medical Journal of Australia	Australia	circa 2010		1
Hunter and New England Area Health Service v A	[2009] NSWSC 761; (2009) 74 NSWLR 88	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	6 Aug 2009	AustLII	70
"Defensive medicine in general practice: Recent trends and the impact of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)"	(2009) 17 Journal of Law and Medicine 235	Journal of Law and Medicine	Australia	circa 2009	Legal Online	1
"Clinical Guidelines as a Tool for Legal Liability: An International Perspective"	(2009) 28 (4) Medicine and Law 603	Medicine and Law	United States	circa 2009		1
Dobler v Halverson	[2007] NSWCA 335; (2007) 70 NSWLR 151	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	26 Nov 2007	AustLII	82
LE Brun (an Incapable Person Suing by His Next Friend Elaine LE Brun) v Joseph	[2006] WADC 200	District Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	14 Dec 2006	AustLII	5
Halverson v Dobler	[2006] NSWSC 1307	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	1 Dec 2006	AustLII	23
"Defensive Medicine Among High-Risk Specialist Physicians in a Volatile Malpractice Environment"	(2005) 293 Journal of the American Medical Association 2609	Journal of the American Medical Association	United States	circa 2005		4
(2004) 13 Quality and Safety In Healthcare 422	(2004) 13 Quality and Safety In Healthcare 422	Quality and Safety In Healthcare		circa 2004		1
"Negligent Failure to Inform: Developments in the Law Since Rogers v Whitaker"	(2003) 11 Torts Law Journal 165	Torts Law Journal	Australia	circa 2003	LexisNexis AU	5
Schiller v Connah	[2002] NSWSC 1264	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	11 Jun 2002	AustLII	1
"Informed Consent: Lessons from Australia"	(2002) 324 (7328) British Medical Journal 39	British Medical Journal	United Kingdom	circa 2002		1
Rosenberg v Percival	[2001] HCA 18; (2001) 205 CLR 434; (2001) 178 ALR 577; (2001) 75 ALJR 734; [2001] Aust Torts Reports 81-605; (2001) 22 Leg Rep 11	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Apr 2001	AustLII	675
"The courts expect the impossible: medico-legal issues as perceived by New South Wales general practitioners"	(2000) 7 Journal of Law and Medicine 273	Journal of Law and Medicine	Australia	circa 2000	Legal Online	3
"Informed Decision Making in Outpatient Practice: Time to Get Back to Basics"	(1999) 282 Journal of the American Medical Association 2313	Journal of the American Medical Association	United States	circa 1999		1
Chappel v Hart	[1998] HCA 55; (1998) 72 ALJR 1344; (1998) 14 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Sep 1998	AustLII	203
"Physician-Patient Communication: The Relationship With Malpractice Claims Among Primary Care Physicians and Surgeons"	(1997) 277 Journal of the American Medical Association 553	Journal of the American Medical Association	United States	circa 1997		1
Rogers v Whitaker	[1992] HCA 58; (1992) 175 CLR 479; (1992) 109 ALR 625; (1992) 67 ALJR 47; [1992] Aust Torts Reports 81-189; 51 ATPR 40-771	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	19 Nov 1992	AustLII	796
(1992) 17 (3) Journal of Health Politics Policy & Law 463	(1992) 17 (3) Journal of Health Politics Policy & Law 463	Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law	United States	circa 1992		1
Schloendorff v Society of New York Hospital	105 NE 92; 211 NY 125; 52 LRANS 505		United States - New York	circa 1997		88

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