Going before the coroners court can be a difficult time for doctors, so it’s important to know what to expect, writes Kate Reynolds, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers.
Any medical practitioner can find themselves compelled to give evidence at a coronial inquest.
It is more likely than not that the practitioners among you who work adjacent to the correctional system, those engaged in the involuntary admission of patients, emergency physicians and those in acute rural settings, already have some experience with inquests.
It can be a very difficult time for a medical practitioner when they are...
Any medical practitioner can find themselves compelled to give evidence at a coronial inquest.
It is more likely than not that the practitioners among you who work adjacent to the correctional system, those engaged in the involuntary admission of patients, emergency physicians and those in acute rural settings, already have some experience with inquests.
It can be a very difficult time for a medical practitioner when they are...
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