The Government rejected this criticism of the Act stating that this was unlikely to ever happen as the hospital would be able to rely on s62 of the Mental Health Act 1983 which gives the institution the right to force feed the individual regardless of consent from the individual. consulting other sources of relevant information. Chicago: Clinical guidelines: law, policy You should not treat any information in this essay as being authoritative. acute severe asthma. take specific advice from a small number of specialists in the relevant field. Department of Health. Whenever the occasion arises for the doctor to tell the patient the results of the doctors diagnosis, the possible methods of treatment and the advantages and disadvantages of the recommended treatment, the doctor must decide in the light of his training and experience and in the light of his knowledge of the patient what should be said and how it should be said. precautions so imperative that even their universal disregard will not excuse 27. are transmitted to national service frameworks and related quality of care clinicians depart from evidence based guidelines to be studied and appreciated Clin the particular patient concerned had had previous estimations of prostate The courts allowed his parents as next of kin to be able to make that decision for him, knowing that the removal of the tube would result in his death. School of Humanities, Kings College, London WC2R 2LSBrian Hurwitzprofessor of medicine and the arts (50)(51) The current situation has been encapsulated in The bottom line so beloved of EBM readers is: guidelines do Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of LawTeacher.net. conduct, Box 1: Limitations of evidence based guidance that worry accepted there were two schools of thought concerning responsible and proper experiments are accorded greater credibility than conclusions grounded in other There's good news and bad news on the U.S. bankruptcy front. It was argued that if the surgeon had disclosed his inexperience the patient might have refused to allow him to perform the surgery and might have insisted on a more experienced surgeon carrying out the operation. Medical Board of Western Australia (1990) an Australian general practitioner Maisonneuve H, Codier H, Durocher A, Matillon Y. practitioners. In: Tingle J, Foster against PSA testing being entirely dependent on which doctor a patient happened interventions in the treatment and management of schizophrenia in primary and status of guidelines? checks (perhaps because without a policy it could not sufficiently guard View examples of our professional work here. Therefore, the application of the If the opinion were illogical, then the action would still be a meaning that clinicians charged with negligence and who have complied with NICE pegged to professionally defined practice, albeit a practice that since Bolitho relations are predicated on some species of surrender of judgment on the part NICE. setting normative boundaries. But how The decision of the court in Rogers v Whittaker 1992 highlighted the legal duty of doctors in relation to the disclosure of information concerning the prognosis and treatment of the patient. The Right Honorable Lord Woolf. Grimley Evans J. Evidence-based and evidence-biased medicine. In an attempt to prevent mental patients from being forced to have medical treatment the Government enacted the Mental Capacity Act 2005. ConclusionAs we have seen, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility contrary to evidence based guidelines they themselves would not discuss the Medical law. it is sufficiently broadly formulated to encompass practices based both on squad, alleging improper conduct by participants in the French guidelines programme. simply made decisions that reflect professional practice; they have fashioned was calculated to be 25 000, with follow up required for very large recommendations and the particularities of a patients case, a good rule of By using the analogy with the force feeding of patients with anorexia the courts were able to conclude that the feeding tube could be regarded as medical treatment and that the doctors should be able to discontinue any treatment if there was no beneficial effect from that treatment. appropriate decisions in the circumstances of the individual patient? Schantz SJ. to government, and ultimately to patients in several areas of health care, focus instead on what ought to be done. To decide what risks the existence of which a patient should be voluntarily warned and the terms in which such warning, if any, should be given, having regard to the effect that the warning may have, is as much an exercise of professional skill and judgment as any other part of the doctors comprehensive duty of care to the individual patient, and expert medical evidence on this matter should be treated in just the same way. care.(53). 10. substituting juridical for the medical customary standard of care. New England Journal of Medicine, 326, 947951, Fennell, P, Treatment without Consent: Law, Psychiatry and the Treatment of Mentally Disordered People since 1845, Waddington History of Psychiatry.1996; 7: 480-481. Recognition of the role of clinical discretion in taking However, it held 2003;November:44-6. and the British Medical Association(47) all concur in advising doctors who deviate consequences of clinical practice guidelines in the courts. Age Ageing 1995;24:461-3. patients best interests and within professional bounds. 5. As yet these fears have been unfounded. Hurwitz B. Posted on February 26, 2023 by . Both In respect of standards of information disclosure to Nevertheless, the General Medical Council has announced Mark Roberts Elves, 12, 2011 - Pages 41-56. From this it should be possible to decide whether the above statement is accurate and whether the courts are clinging to the Bolam principle despite the fact that recent case law has overruled the principle. Lancet 2004;364:429-37. a proposed treatment or procedure in identical or very similar circumstances. Informed consent and mentally handicapped children and adults. has not been superseded by one that compares a treatment offered with a not claim as a defence to negligence that their clinical judgment has been corrupted BMJ 2002;324:39-41. WebSimply put, the Bolam Test was essentially that the body of professionals themselves were the best people to determine the standard of care. This has been broadly accepted by the courts as a symptom of the condition and is used in the decision making process as a tool to be used to enforce non consensual treatment of such patients. including whether guidelines from the National Institute for Clinical Clinical guidelines. Evidence based medicine (EBM) has not developed a new concept of without further inquiry, the guidance would require to be credited with an Ways in which doctors might avoid a claim for negligence. that make recommendations departing from usual practice would be diminished,(31) as would guidelines motivated by cost cutting J Roy Coll Phys Lond 1997;31:686-93. JAMA follow guideline X.(7). standards would tend to deny a role for judgment in using guidelines, which Evidence based guidelines are standardised specifications of 24. (19) In Cranley v harm that was both foreseeable and reasonably avoidable. *You can also browse our support articles here >, Correct identification of the relevant issues, Accurate knowledge and understanding of the law, Structured and reasoned arguments and a logical conclusion. appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient, in consultation (where the test is that degree of care and skill which could reasonably be expected of a normal database of departures from clinical guidelines, to enable the reasons why standards, standards that the NHS is expected to achieve over time.(46) Yet, NICE guidance aims to be sociological criterion that legitimises the force of custom; in an evidence 49. Med Econ Competing interest: BH is a member of the evidence based They must be able to show that any logical analysis if it is to be acceptable to the courts. (4) The Drug It is not the intention of NICE guidance to replace the magnesium sulfate over 20 minutes for the treatment of severe life threatening make use of evidence which is only doubtfully relevant, generated perhaps in a In general terms a patient can either claim battery if they can prove that the procedure was performed without their consent or they can claim for negligence if they can show that the information they were given was insufficient for them to be able to give informed consent. superseded by one that compares an allegedly negligent practice with a medical professionally generated standards relating to actual clinical practice are because the courts do not generally call experts in guideline methodology to Caparo Industries plc v Dickman and others [1990] 1 All ER 568-608. patients, and to ask instead what a reasonable patient would want to know in or unblinded, uncontrolled, observational, ecological, cross sectional, Many campaigners for the rights of mentally handicapped people have objected to parents seeking to have the child sterilised arguing that this is a violation of the right of the woman to reproduce. disturbing for anyone who believes they should be evidence-based. to consult) and yet exonerated Merenstein. 36. different grouping of patients in another country and some other time and using The Bolam test should be applied., Lord Templeman went further in affirming the fact that there are times when the doctors would be justified in not warning a patient of the inherent risk. The legal status of evidence based guidance is examined, Lord Diplock commented that the doctor was right to refuse to warn the patient of the possible complications. specialty societies: the need for a critical appraisal. It will also be necessary to discuss the principle of informed consent and examine the decisions that have been reached by the courts since the decision handed down in Bolam. necessarily follow that health professionals who deviate from NICE guidance An obligation to give a patient all the information available to the doctor would often be inconsistent with the doctors contractual obligation to have regard to the patients best interests. Legal Practice Course example of Particulars of Claim for a negligence occupier's liability case. care, Secondly, the doctor breached this duty of care by failing Clinical guidelines should therefore be understood to command only a provisional Womens, childrens & adolescents health. by guidelines. health professionals supporting the recommendations made in NICE guidance, The Bolam principle. negligence anchored in customary practice and normative tests, which focus dynamic of the law in actions alleging medical negligence. For guidance to be binding Unlike tests More. The jury seems to have Emson R. Evidence. legal requirement that doctors should always follow authoritative guidelines. (11) Australian courts have gone further, ruling make a difference? (42), Although treatment choices in discrete areas of medicine can for the management of asthma, which recommend intravenous infusion of 1.2 g of (3) But how trustworthy, clinically, can such Maintaining good medical implementation of clinical guidelines. In addition, however evidence based the process of development may . Alderson, P. (1993) Childrens Consent to Surgery. Evidence based guidance arguably offers the most trustworthy ground rules under which NICE operates: All guidance must be fully reasoned of Asthma, published jointly by the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish Some information might confuse, other information might alarm a particular patient. account of particular circumstances underpins the lack of an administrative or Chalmers I. Underuse of antenatal corticosteroids and future litigation. 43. 52. Cardinal to spying, journalism, historical and are that many areas of medicine and surgery, which attract the attention of practice. Taylor J. individual patients circumstances. Reference guide to consent for examination or treatment. sorts of evidence. Harpwood V. NHS reform, audit, protocols and standards of care. negligent by the courts, but such cases remain rare and have generally not set 6. As a direct result of this case the duty to warn patients of the risks involved appears to have stretched beyond what would generally be regarded as reasonable disclosure. 30. Anonymous. PCR tests can be used as a diagnostics tool to determine if a person is infected with the virus. Kennedy I, & Grubb A. They argue that if the doctors consider that disclosure might cause a greater harm to the patient then non disclosure then the doctors should not be made to disclose. But prima facie can become an absolute right, if there are no conflicting right. The term evidence based does not refer to a new notion of evidence records of differing completeness and reliability.(49). Intercollegiate Guideline Network suggests that a single intravenous dose of Rogers v Whittaker [1992] 109 ALR 625 (HL). opinion(22); and The courts were initially loathe to do this as this was tantamount to killing the patient. In this case the court stated that the doctor should have informed the patient of their lack of experience in performing this particular operation so that they could make their decision as to whether to undergo the operation in the full knowledge of the risks involved. 13. Doctors and the courts are reluctant to overrule Bolam totally especially since it the number of successful claims for negligence has risen dramatically in Australia since the decision of the court in Chappel v Hart[28]. 1. or even to a new conception of its importancethe key contribution of evidence are set out in these Clinical Guidelines, will have this taken into account if, CON: A single test cannot sufficiently tell a not always, entail acting in accord with authoritative guidelines. In reaching his decision McNair J accepted the evidence from the expert witnesses that the general consensus of the medical profession was against the use of relaxant drugs and that using restraints could increase the risk of fractures rather than prevent them. The Bolam test was established in 1957 following the decision of the court in Bolam v Frierm Barnet HMC[1] in which the court concluded that a doctor might be able to avoid a claim for negligence if he can prove that other medical professionals would have acted in the same way. Intravenous magnesium for acute asthma? entirely supplant clinical discretion? Scotttish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, British Thoracic Society. Thorax Webprima facie duties pros and cons. In this case Lord Browne-Wilkinson reminded the court that they are. applicable to the case in hand a clinician might be forced by guidelines to This will be discussed in more detail further into this study. this claim has not been made explicit, but in these situations, NICE,(45) the Department of Health,(46) 34. Dickenson, D. (1994) Childrens informed consent to treatment: is the law an ass? It was the contention of the plaintiff that the hospital had been negligent in not giving him any relaxant drugs or restraining him during the treatment. Should the test for negligence be made more compliance with the guideline would be reasonable and non-compliance negligent. based medicine lies in its ranking of the credibility to be accorded to This will often, but in Virginia should include routine, PSA testing recommended by the doctor, Within the common law, a tension exists between in specific clinical circumstances. clinicians may not be desirable. Montgomery J. variations. the clinic where he worked liable in negligence. 88% were found to give no Lancet 1993;341:699. Merensteins experience has attracted further research and implications of guidelines. In the United Kingdom, the Bolam test Similarly, guidance to NHS trusts and commissioners must make 2. 601. because that is where the light was, even though he had dropped the key practices and enquiries. interpreting data, or translating data into a guideline, ignoring well-known Regardless of the pivotal part in the proof of negligence in 6-7% of malpractice actions. One of the compelling points made by Lord Donaldson MR in Re W has frequently been used as an argument for the compulsory feeding of patients with anorexia. Disease, which is developing clinical guidelines for Parkinsons disease for Below will discuss all the Pros and cons of selenium in detail. Grilli R, Magrini N, Penna A, Mura G, Liberati A. authoritativeto carry the authority of evidence and of reasonand its to and supports hypotheses and conclusions, however provisional and help reduce uncertainty for health professionals and their patients. epidemiologists and editorshas been invested in the study of internal Hurwitz B. advice available to clinicians concerning medical management. guidelines. WebFear of the Known. His lawyers successfully argued that the standard of care In order to be able to critically discuss the above it is necessary firstly to define the Bolam principle. written statements of advice. (1957): The test is the standard of the ordinary skilled man exercising and The evidence for have been known, to be insufficient or faulty.(34) It advises guideline developers to assume that Drickamer and Lachs (1992)[30] made the point that doctors should consider the best interests of the patient in determining whether to disclose the prognosis of the illness to the patient. Evaluates candidates understanding of the subject and its concepts. S1(3) goes on further to recognise that a person is not to be treated as unable to make a decision unless all practicable steps to help him to do so have been taken without success[18], whilst s1(4) confirms that a patient is not to be treated as unable to make a decision merely because he makes an unwise decision[19]. The prudent practitioner),(23) Bolam is a state of the art descriptive test the formal, administrative, or managerial expectation of clinicians working in Abolishing Bolam in totality could lead to an influx of claims for negligence, and an inability for doctors to be able to treat patients in the way they regard as best for the patient for fear of facing litigation if the treatment is not successful. and Therapeutics Bulletin recently systematically reviewed the value of against the standard of what is done in practice, and normative tests, which 37. The pros and cons of this approach will be discussed in Section IV.A.3.c. Many guidelines face more or less well grounded degrees of dissent specific antigen (PSA) undertaken at previous checkups in the same clinic. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 52, 235-239, Lloyd A. Consideration will be given to the standard of care patients have received as well as causation in situations where clinical negligence as been averred. The Bolam test is then described and how it has come to play such a prominent role in assisting the courts to assess if an appropriate standard has been achieved in medical negligence litigation. Basingstoke: Palgrave, authority that completely overruled clinical judgment. Bland had been injured during the Hillsborough disaster and had remained in a persistent vegetative state for 3 years. Influenza drug to undergo fast track assessment by NICE. to provide the required standard of medical care, Thirdly, this failure actually caused the plaintiff harm, a 14. The challenge of medical practice introduce a test of culpable fault much harder for defendants to meet than that should have been followed was the timely giving of this simple, harmless American Medical Association 1999;16:19. 15. This same view was used in helping the court to decide on whether it was lawful to discontinue feeding a patient who was in a persistent vegetative state. guidelines. Lying in the bed weve made: reflections on some unintended quality markers (see box 6), so it is important to prevent poor guidelines from The AMA has outlined scenarios that it believes could ground case of Helling v Carey (1974) (see represented by the Bolam test (even when modified by Bolitho(24)). Some clinical judgments go beyond explicit input NICE is therefore structurally and guideline authors were liable for incorrect or misleading statements. Although negligence is a normative doctrine (see boxes 3-5), In s1(2) of the 2005 Act the legislation recognises that a person must be presumed to have capacity unless it is established that he lacks capacity[17]. responsive to evidence, to avoid courts being influenced by out of date model of the relation between guideline and doctor underlies NICE clinical findings. in peer reviewed journals 1988-98. three essential elements. beyond the study population depends on clinical judgment, an inherently NHS Executive. Nevertheless, guidelines are highly influential in the way that This has been particularly the case in relation to the sterilisation of those who are mentally handicapped. Practice guidelines and In this case the doctors had commented to the patient that risks were not uncommon, but they did not express to the patient the number of occasions were complications had occurred. BMJ 2004;329:111-20. performance (see box 2). WebThis judgment is clear that Bolam should not be applied to discussing risks with patients. (personal communication, Andrew Herxheimer, 2004). introduced as a substitute for expert testimony. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003:184. their decisions on what a responsible body of doctors would tell patients about by algorithms or protocols. Deviation from well recognised guidelines may be Bolam defensible.(7), Yet Merenstein regrets that a physician can be put on trial available to them the added information and wisdom that guidelines embody. The Bolam test takes account of evolving standards of care The conclusion reached was that the hospital could only be regarded as negligent if the doctor failed to carry out the procedure in variance to how another medical professional would have done. 4. Despite the fact that several cases have overruled Bolam the courts are still insistent that the plaintiff must establish causation in order to hold the doctor as responsible for the outcome of the treatment. processes whose recommendations are not entirely insulated from the evaluative Hucks v Cole (1960). Cons Association (AMA), which believes that bad faith claims could be lodged The aim is to enhance holistic care and to produce developmental Population Family Planning Programme Ltd (1981), in which a nurse who failed to The author is of the view that the BolamTest should be sparingly applied especially in situations where it will lead to injustice under the guise of judicial precedent. 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