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Re: The need for healthcare reforms: is no-fault liability the solution to medical malpractice?

Re: The need for healthcare reforms: is no-fault liability the solution to medical malpractice? Asian Bioethics Review (2019) 11:147–151 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-019-00090-6 COMMENTARY Re: The need for healthcare reforms: is no-fault liability the solution to medical malpractice? Kanny Ooi Received: 28 April 2019 / Accepted: 27 May 2019 / Published online: 14 June 2019 National University of Singapore and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 In ‘The need for healthcare reforms: is no-fault liability the solution to medical malpractice?’ (volume 11, issue 1 of ABR in March 2019; Rai and Devaiah 2019), Shivkrit Rai & Vishwas H. Devaiah looked at New Zealand’s no-fault liability system as a model from which the authors highlighted a number of advantages including greater efficiency in resolving medical malpractice claims, reduction in social cost and safer medical care. I commend the authors on getting to grip with another country’s health system and distilling that in a paper. I am encouraged by their interest especially as New Zealand’s experience with no-fault injury compensation has long attracted attention from torts scholars and healthcare policy analysts (Bismark and Dauer 2006). However, some of Rai & Devaiah’s comments, particularly in the section headed ‘No-fault liability system as a possible solution’, do not portray an accurate picture of New Zealand’sAccident Compensation Corporation (ACC) scheme and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Bioethics Review Springer Journals

Re: The need for healthcare reforms: is no-fault liability the solution to medical malpractice?

Ooi, Kanny
Asian Bioethics Review , Volume 11 (2) – Jun 14, 2019
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2019 by National University of Singapore and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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Philosophy; Bioethics; Ethics; Medical Law; Public Health; Biomedicine, general; Health Administration
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1793-8759
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10.1007/s41649-019-00090-6
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Asian Bioethics Review (2019) 11:147–151 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-019-00090-6 COMMENTARY Re: The need for healthcare reforms: is no-fault liability the solution to medical malpractice? Kanny Ooi Received: 28 April 2019 / Accepted: 27 May 2019 / Published online: 14 June 2019 National University of Singapore and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 In ‘The need for healthcare reforms: is no-fault liability the solution to medical malpractice?’ (volume 11, issue 1 of ABR in March 2019; Rai and Devaiah 2019), Shivkrit Rai & Vishwas H. Devaiah looked at New Zealand’s no-fault liability system as a model from which the authors highlighted a number of advantages including greater efficiency in resolving medical malpractice claims, reduction in social cost and safer medical care. I commend the authors on getting to grip with another country’s health system and distilling that in a paper. I am encouraged by their interest especially as New Zealand’s experience with no-fault injury compensation has long attracted attention from torts scholars and healthcare policy analysts (Bismark and Dauer 2006). However, some of Rai & Devaiah’s comments, particularly in the section headed ‘No-fault liability system as a possible solution’, do not portray an accurate picture of New Zealand’sAccident Compensation Corporation (ACC) scheme and

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Asian Bioethics Review – Springer Journals

Published: Jun 14, 2019

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