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Medical Negligence Proceedings In Singapore: Instilling A Gentler Touch, Dorcas Quek Anderson
Medical Negligence Proceedings In Singapore: Instilling A Gentler Touch, Dorcas Quek Anderson
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Medical malpractice is an area that traverses a wide range of issues in any society – the qualityand cost of healthcare, the insurance industry, the cost of litigation, the impact on medicalpractice and the heightened emotions arising from injuries or even loss of lives. Evidently, thequestion of compensation for medical malpractice impinges on each of these challenges. Likemany countries, Singapore has been grappling with these issues through implementing variousreforms in the legal and healthcare sectors. Although compensation has historically beenobtained through legal proceedings in the Singapore courts, there is a growing shift towardsadopting a much gentler touch to deal with …