The inner workings of HDC - legal & evidential issues - Health and ...
The inner workings of HDC - legal & evidential issues - Health and ...
The inner workings of HDC - legal & evidential issues - Health and ...
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Case B – <strong>HDC</strong> investigation<br />
• 25–33% chance overall <strong>of</strong> failure <strong>of</strong> port.<br />
• Independent expert on appropriateness <strong>of</strong><br />
care <strong>and</strong> adequacy <strong>of</strong> information provided:<br />
―It could also be said that it would have been<br />
better if the information booklet had been more<br />
specific on the possibility <strong>of</strong> device malfunction.<br />
This could be added for future editions. Doctors<br />
perhaps tend to accept as given the fact that<br />
any plastic tube may block, fall out or become<br />
infected but patients may not be aware <strong>of</strong> this.‖
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