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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medical Negligence
AI has developed from a basic set of "if, then rules" to more sophisticated algorithms that function similar to the human brain. Applications of AI...
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Medical Negligence Law in Fiji
The law as to the legal liability for medical negligence is evolving in its own individual way in Fiji, drawing upon English and Australian...
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Medical Negligence Law in Australia
Liability for medical negligence in Australia follows the common law pattern, viz a plaintiff needs to prove duty, breach, and causation of damage...
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Cruel and Unusual Punishments as Legislative Gross Negligence
Many jurisdictions confer a constitutional right to be protected against cruel and unusual punishments. This right is typically justified by three...
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Negligence Failures and Negligence Fixes. A Comparative Analysis of Criminal Regulation of AI and Autonomous Vehicles
Automated vehicles (“AV”) can greatly improve road safety and societal welfare, but legal systems have struggled with the prospect of whom to hold...
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Medical Negligence Law in Papua New Guinea
The law on medical negligence is evolving gradually in Papua and New Guinea. It is influenced by the law in both England and Australia. Litigation in...
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Imputation System for Negligence Crime Involving AI
The theoretical premise of responding to the imputation gaps for negligence crimes involving AI has in fact set the theoretical direction for...
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Negligence in Russia: Expert Legal Analysis of Adverse Outcomes of Medical Care
This chapter provides an historical analysis of the evolution, in the past 30 years, of the issue of medical professionals’ and organizations’...
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‘Medical Negligence in Malaysia: Selected Issues of Liabilities and Damages’?
This chapter explores selected medico-legal issues within the Malaysian legal landscape. The first issue relates to a medical practitioner's duty of...
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Minding Negligence
The counterfactual mental state of negligent criminal activity invites skepticism from those who see mental states as essential to responsibility....
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Medical Negligence Proceedings in Singapore: Instilling a Gentler Touch
Medical malpractice is an area that traverses a wide range of issues in any society—the quality and cost of healthcare, the insurance industry, the...
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Law of Medical Liability in India
Alike other common law jurisdictions, India registers increasing medical negligence litigation. The milestone judgment of IMA v V P Shanta made it...
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Challenge of Criminal Imputation for Negligence Crime Involving AI to the Traditional Criminal Imputation Theory
Academic research on the crime involving AI initially only focused on such crime that has already occurred and the strategies to deal with it....
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The Autonomous AI Physician: Medical Ethics and Legal Liability
Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently capable of autonomously performing acts that constitute medical practice, including diagnosis, prognosis,...
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The Patient-Centric Turn in Medical Liability in Singapore
The basis of medico-legal claims against a doctor may occur in contract law, tort law or criminal law. This chapter focuses on the ethical and legal...
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Medical Malpractice in Taiwan
Around 2012, the insufficient supply of physicians in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology/obstetrics, pediatrics and emergency medicine became an...
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Medical Liability in South Korea
The main statutes that govern medical practice in South Korea (hereinafter “Korea”) are the Medical Service Act, the Emergency Medical Service Act,...
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Medical Liability in Qatar
Qatar’s healthcare system is develo** substantially. World-class facilities are opening at a rapid pace in a country which boasts a comprehensive...
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Medical Liability in New Zealand
This chapter examines the framework for medical liability in New Zealand. From European settlement, until 1974, New Zealand’s system for medical...
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Taking Responsibility for Negligence and Non-negligence
Negligence reminds us that we often do and cause things unawares, occasionally with grave results. Given the lack of foresight and intention, some...