Journal of Forensic Biomechanics

George Gregory Buttigieg

Publications

• Short Communication
  Medical Malpractice, Defective Product/Technology and their Rules of Engagement – Is it time to re-think?
  Author(s): George Gregory ButtigiegGeorge Gregory Buttigieg
  
  The article reviews some aspects of medico-legal jurisprudence involving adverse effects related to the use of bio-medical products and medical technology. It looks at crucial points of interaction and puts forwards damage limitation suggestions involving both the medical as well as the legal fronts. While evaluating the rapid and intrepid use of ever more intricate technology, the author draws attention to the increasing complexity of medical technology playing major roles in diagnosis and treatment, increasing the window of potential malpractice and liability. Briefly reviewing historical and current Court attitudes in general, the article emphasizes the urgent need to pause, reflect and modify as needed by the changes of current practice and its projected future. The author also quotes the 2015 critically important UK Supreme Court ruling in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health B.. View More»
  

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