title: Medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care: consensus recommendations from a national workshop.
abstract: Concerns about medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care may act as a barrier to the implementation of best practice approaches. While multidisciplinary meetings carry a low level of medicolegal risk, improved documentation and transparency in approach will assist in limiting liability for individual health professionals and health services. The medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach are not affected by whether a health professional bills the patient for attendance at multidisciplinary meetings.
authors.affiliation: National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, Sydney, NSW.
authors.forename: Alison C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Zorbas
authors.forename: Megan A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Keaney
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sidhom
authors.forename: Holly E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: Janice C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards