Bird Sara
Medico-Legal and Advisory Services, MDA National, Australia.
Aust Fam Physician. 2011 Jan-Feb;40(1-2):69-71.
This article forms part of our 'Paperwork' series for 2011, providing information about a range of paperwork that general practitioners complete regularly. The aim of the series is to provide information on the purpose of the paperwork, and hints on how to complete it accurately. This will allow the GP to be more efficient and the patient to have an accurately completed piece of paperwork for the purpose required. Sickness certificates are legal documents. Medical boards receive numerous complaints each year from patients, employers, insurers and other parties about the quality and accuracy of sickness certificates. General practitioners who deliberately issue a false, misleading or inaccurate certificate could face disciplinary action, or even a charge of fraud. This article provides some guidance for GPs about writing certificates certifying illness, and discusses common medicolegal issues associated with sickness certificates.
本文是我们2011年“文书工作”系列文章的一部分，提供有关全科医生定期填写的一系列文书工作的信息。该系列文章的目的是提供文书工作目的的信息，以及如何准确填写的提示。这将使全科医生提高效率，使患者获得一份为所需目的准确填写的文书。病假证明是法律文件。每年医疗委员会都会收到患者、雇主、保险公司和其他各方关于病假证明质量和准确性的大量投诉。故意开具虚假、误导性或不准确证明的全科医生可能会面临纪律处分，甚至被指控欺诈。本文为全科医生提供了一些关于开具疾病证明的指导，并讨论了与病假证明相关的常见法医学问题。
