Medical negligence proceedings in Singapore: Instilling a gentler touch

• Main Author: QUEK ANDERSON, Dorcas
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: medical negligence; medical malpractice; compensation; healthcare; Bolam; Bolitho; Montgomery; Hii Chii Kok; standard of care; healthcare mediation; medical assessor; Asian Studies; Medical Jurisprudence
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2843; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4801/viewcontent/Compensation_Schemes_for_Medical_Negligence_Singapore_Dorcas_Quek_Anderson.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Medical malpractice is an area that traverses a wide range of issues in any society – the qualityand cost of healthcare, the insurance industry, the cost of litigation, the impact on medicalpractice and the heightened emotions arising from injuries or even loss of lives. Evidently, thequestion of co...