Family mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution in Poland

Alternative dispute resolution and mediation.

Doctors and patients are not natural enemies. On the contrary, there is commonly a special relationship between them, with vulnerability and trust on one side and caring and professional expertise on the other. A medical dispute can create turmoil of that relationship, particularly if it is conducted in the traditional adversarial procedure. Depending on how it develops, the patient may see the...

Alternative Dispute Resolution ( ADR ) Principles : From Negotiation to Mediation

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is now widely used around the world to deal with disputes and conflicts as well as agreement-making and planning. Forms of ADR initially developed in many countries often supported thirdparty decision-making and therefore tended to be more advisory or decisional and less facilitative (for example, arbitral forms of ADR were introduced in many jurisdictions b...

Mediation - A Preferred Method of Dispute Resolution

Current Trends, Process and Practice in Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Acknowledgment The Department of Labour is grateful to Felicity Hutcheson for the work done in completing this literature review. Disclaimer: The Department of Labour has made every effort to ensure that the information contained in this report is reliable, but makes no guarantee of its accuracy or completeness and does not accept any liability for any errors. The Department may change the cont...

Dispute Resolution Using Argumentation-Based Mediation

Mediation is a process, in which both parties agree to resolve their dispute by negotiating over alternative solutions presented by a mediator. In order to construct such solutions, mediation brings more information and knowledge, and, if possible, resources to the negotiation table. The contribution of this paper is the automated mediation machinery which does that. It presents an argumentatio...