Journal article
Protection, Prevention or Punishment? A Cross-Jurisdictional Analysis of Regulatory Immediate Action against Medical Practitioners
OM Bradfield, MJ Spittal, MM Bismark
Journal of Law and Medicine | THOMSON REUTERS AUSTRALIA LTD | Published : 2022
Abstract
Medical regulators protect the public from unsafe, unwell, or unscrupulous medical practitioners. To facilitate a swift response to serious allegations, many regulators are equipped with far-reaching emergency powers to immediately suspend, or impose conditions on, medical practitioners' registration before facts are proven. Failing to take urgent action may expose the public to ongoing avoidable harm and may erode public trust in the profession. Equally, imposing immediate action in response to allegations that are not subsequently proven can precipitously and irreparably injure a practitioner's career and emotional wellbeing. This is the second of two articles published in the Journal of L..
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Awarded by Australian Government through an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
Owen M Bradfield: PhD Candidate, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Owen's research was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship and a 2020 Fulbright Future Scholarship. Matthew J Spittal: Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Matthew's contribution was funded by the Australian Government through an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (Project No FT180100075). Marie M Bismark: Associate Professor and Head, Law and Public Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Marie's contribution was funded by a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship. The views expressed herein are the those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the bodies funding this research.