Medico-Legal Neurology Now and in the Future
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The world of neurology has expanded rapidly at all levels of clinical expression, drawing in the world of genetics, pre-natal medicine, obstetrics,, immunology, imaging, diagnosis and treatment including neuro-surgery. All these have opened up new frontiers with one particular territory, namely, legal medicine. The practitioner of any aspect of neurology needs to be aware of numerous aspects of his particular sub-discipline in its expression at ethical and medico-legal practice. To this must be added the new, ever increase patient empowerment which is increasing its weight in Court. Medical jurisprudence itself is in a state of flux and evolution, which is in fact a healthy sign. The recent ruling in the UK case of Montgomery V Lanarkshire Health Board in 2015, (UK SC 11) is clear proof of the evolution of medical jurisprudence. Although the case dealt with the divulging of pre-operative information, the effects are likely to challenge Bolam’s test to its limits and potentially even write out of existence. The UK Courts will no longer set the standard of practice in Court according to peer opinion but along its own principles of adjudication.
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