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Casebook aims to promote safer practice by providing information and sharing experiences that you will find helpful.

It consistently meets with high praise from Medical Protection members and frequently sparks debate and discussion within the medicolegal field. 

If you have any questions or comments about this publication, please contact us at casebook@medicalprotection.org

Past Editions

Volume 27 | Issue 1
 
Casebook
May 2019
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  • A missed diagnosis of pneumonia?
  • Accidental anaesthetic awareness
  • Delayed diagnosis of lung cancer
  • A routine referral
Volume 25 | Issue2
 
Casebook
December 2017
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    In this issue

  • Physician, heal thyself
  • An elusive foreign body
  • Antibiotic allegations
  • Chain reaction
Volume 26 | Issue 2
 
Casebook
November 2018
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    In this issue

  • A wrong diagnosis but no criticism
  • A sight for sore eyes
  • A cysts in time
  • Questioning your consultant
Volume 25 | Issue 1
 
Casebook
August 2017
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    In this issue

  • Doctors in the spotlight
  • Patient privacy vs public safety
  • Back to basics
  • Reported abuse
  • A friend in need
Volume 26 | Issue 1
 
Casebook
May 2018
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    In this issue

  • Giving evidence
  • Failure to act on lower back pain
  • A nitrofurantoin problem
  • Sciatic nerve injury
Volume 24 | Issue 2
Casebook
November 2016
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    In this issue

  • Providing information to the police
  • A practical approach to consent
  • Challenging interactions with colleagues
  • Risk alert - anticoagulant monitoring and dosing
  • Being proactive about privacy
  • From the case files
Volume 24 | Issue 1
 
Casebook
May 2016
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    In this issue

  • Risk alert - medication errors and safer prescribing
  • Achieving safer and reliable practice
  • A family matter
  • Medical professionals and the Vulnerable Children Act
  • From the case files

Archived Editions

Volume 23 | Issue 2
 
Casebook
November 2015
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    In this issue

  • Contraception and cardiac arrest
  • New appointment - Dr Pardeep Sandhu
  • Risk Alert - Retained throat packs
  • How to be an expert witness
  • From the case files