Medicolegal Considerations in Multidisciplinary Cancer Care.

Health professionals participating in multidisciplinary team (MDT) cancer meetings may not be aware of their medicolegal obligations. This commentary aims to identify medicolegal issues concerning multidisciplinary cancer care and provides recommendations for future implementation. Predominant medicolegal issues related to MDT care were identified in the literature; these include patient consent and privacy at MDT meetings, professional liability, formal expression of dissenting views, and duty of care.

Is low serum albumin associated with postoperative complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?

A best evidence topic was written according to a structured protocol. The clinical question investigated was: is low serum albumin associated with postoperative complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery? There were 62 papers retrieved using the reported search strategy. Of these, 12 publications embodied the best evidence to answer this clinical question.