CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL LIABILITY

"LEGAL PROTECTION AGAINST MEDICAL FAULTS"

Dubai – November 2012



Under the Auspices of H.E. SHEIKH/ HAMDAN BIN RASHED AL-MAKTOUM

Dubai Deputy Ruler, Minister of Finance, Chairman of Dubai Health Authority



The Institute of Training and Judicial Studies, the Arab Medical Union, Dubai Police Academy, and Dubai Government's Legal Affairs Department in cooperation with Sabra Legal Training Center in Dubai organizes:

THE 2ND ARAB CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL LIABILITY

"LEGAL PROTECTION AGAINST MEDICAL FAULTS"



The Conference, which will be held in Dubai Police Academy's headquarters on 28, 29 and 30 November 2012, will discuss the following issues:



•Medical liability from the legal perspective: elements, limits and cases where it is excluded.

•Faults of doctors and support professions: conditions of legal protection.

•The duty of doctors and support professions towards a patient from the legal, professional, and Islamic perspectives.

•Medical Liability Act in the light of modern legislation and practice.

•Damages for medical faulty and insurance against medical liability.

•Penalties against medical fault and the importance of introducing specialized medical courts.



On the third day of the Conference, a model trial will be held to hear a case related to medical liability. The court will be made up of both judges and doctors.

The Conference will bring together judges; prosecutors; legal consultants; lawyers; doctors; administrative and executive managers of hospitals, clinics and health agencies; directors and members of legal departments; accountants, nurses; laboratory specialists; physical therapists; pharmacists; and members of the teaching staff of faculties of medicine and pharmacy.



Awards will be granted by an Arbitral Panel for the best legal and medical papers on medical liability and for the best media coverage of the Conference.



It gives us pleasure to invite you to participate, or designate someone else to participate, in this important event.