Select Publications
Books
, 2016, Coroners' Recommendations and the Promise of Saved Lives, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781784711566
Book Chapters
, 2021, 'The Role of Apologies in Healing the Health Provider-Patient Relationship After Medical Injury', in Vines P (ed.), Apologies in Comparative Law, Bonomo Editore, Italy
, 2020, '‘The ‘Lawyer was an Angel’: New Zealand and American Patients’ and Family Members’ Experiences of the Role of Lawyers in ‘Resolution’ Processes After Medical Injury’', in Unexpected Consequences of Compensation Law, Hart Publishing, pp. 275 - 287, https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/unexpected-consequences-of-compensation-law-9781509928002/
, 2018, 'Health complaints entities in Australia and New Zealand: Serving the Public Interest?', in Chamberlain M; Dent M; Saks M (ed.), Professional Health Regulation in the Public Interest: International Perspectives, Policy Press, UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447332268.003.0012
, 2015, 'The impact of therapeutic jurisprudence on the New Zealand Coronial Jurisdiction', in Brookbanks W (ed.), Therapeutic Jurisprudence: New Zealand Perspectives, Thomson Reuters, Wellington, pp. 179 - 222
, 2013, 'Global regulation of nanotechnologies and their products in medicine', in Beran RG (ed.), Legal and Forensic Medicine, Springer, Berlin, pp. 1755 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32338-6_119
, 2011, 'Mental health', in Coronial Judges' Bench Book, Ministry of Justice, Wellington
Journal articles
, 2025, 'Resolution After Medical Injuries: Case Studies of Communication-and-Resolution-Programs Demonstrate Their Promise as an Alternative to Clinical Negligence', Laws, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/laws14040055
, 2025, 'Understanding Legal Barriers to Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Australian Pregnant Person's Experiences', Journal of Law and Medicine, 31, pp. 826 - 839
, 2025, 'Fall prevention lessons from Australian Coroner's Court cases about older adults: harnessing the prophylactic power of medico-legal findings', Age and Ageing, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf055
, 2025, 'Suicide in the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand legal professions: distilling lessons from the coronial jurisdiction', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2025.2497786
, 2024, 'The Gendering of Future Loss of Earnings Damages in New South Wales, Australia: An Empirical Analysis, 2002–2023', Tort Law Review, 29, pp. 245 - 257
, 2024, 'Abortion Law in Aotearoa New Zealand. Medical Paternalism and Barriers to Recognition of Reproductive Rights', New Zealand Law Journal, September Issue, pp. 238 - 245
, 2023, 'Facilitating Access to Current, Evidence-Based Health Information for Non-English Speakers', Healthcare Switzerland, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11131932
, 2023, 'Sexual Misconduct by New Zealand Lawyers', New Zealand Law Journal, pp. 79 - 85
, 2023, 'The Psychology of COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy, Acceptance and Resistance in Australia', Vaccines, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11050907
, 2022, 'The discipline of, and failure to sanction, sexual misconduct by Australian legal practitioners', Legal Ethics, 25, pp. 88 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1460728x.2022.2146965
, 2022, 'Reforming clinical negligence in England: lessons about patients’ and providers’ values from medical injury resolution in New Zealand and the United States of America', Future Healthcare Journal, 9, pp. 230 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2022-0112
, 2021, 'Eyes and Ears on Patient Safety: Sources of Notifications About the Health, Performance, and Conduct of Health Practitioners.', J Patient Saf, 17, pp. e800 - e805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000544
, 2021, 'The gendering of gratuitous attendant care in the law of damages: New South Wales negligence cases, 2013–20', Torts Law Journal, pp. 111 - 136
, 2021, 'Assessing Patients’ Experiences with Medical Injury Reconciliation Processes: Item Generation for a Novel Survey Questionnaire', The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 47, pp. 376 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2021.03.004
, 2020, 'Lockdown During COVID-19 and the Increase of Frailty in People With Neurological Conditions', Frontiers in Neurology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.604299
, 2020, 'Young migrant and refugee people’s views on unintended pregnancy and abortion in Sydney', Health Sociology Review, 29, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2020.1764857
, 2020, 'Vulnerability to legal misconduct: a profile of problem lawyers in Victoria, Australia', International Journal of the Legal Profession, pp. 269 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09695958.2020.1751166
, 2019, 'New Zealand District Health Boards’ Open Disclosure Policies: A Qualitative Review', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 16, pp. 35 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-018-9894-1
, 2019, 'Two-Hourly Repositioning for Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in the Elderly: Patient Safety or Elder Abuse?', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 16, pp. 17 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-018-9892-3
, 2019, 'Understanding Client Vulnerability in the Disciplining of Legal Professionals in New South Wales', Journal of Law and Medicine, 26, pp. 849 - 865, https://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?&src=search&docguid=Ied0eced8b4e211e98d34858489f4be61&epos=1&snippets=true&fcwh=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1&nstid=std-anz-highlight&nsds=AUNZ_JOURNALS&isTocNav=true&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&context=7&extLink=false&searchFromLinkHome=true
, 2018, 'A multi-staker consensus-driven research agenda for better understanding and support for emotional impact of harmful events on patients and families', Joint Commission Journal for Quality and Patient Safety, 44, pp. 424 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.03.007
, 2018, 'Complaint-prone lawyers: a qualitative analysis of tribunal orders about lawyers with twenty or more complaints in Victoria, Australia', International Journal of the Legal Profession
, 2018, '"Poking the skunk": legal and ethical concerns in research about patients' experiences of medical injury', Bioethics
, 2018, 'New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal Cases Involving Vulnerable Clients, 2011-2017', International Journal of the Legal Profession, Published online: 15 Nov 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09695958.2018.1543119
, 2018, 'Eyes and ears on patient safety: sources of notifications of concern lodged with a national regulator regarding the health, performance and conduct of health professionals', Journal of Patient Safety, November 21, 2018 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - p, pp. N - N, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000544
, 2018, 'In Reply to Letter from Dr. Carol Gunn (Letter to Editor)', Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine
, 2018, 'In reply', JAMA Internal Medicine, 178, pp. 578 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0135
, 2018, 'The coroner's role in the prevention of elder abuse: A study of australian coroner's court cases involving pressure ulcers in elders', Journal of Law and Medicine, 26, pp. 494 - 509
, 2017, 'Health Law in New Zealand (book review)', Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2017.1397590
, 2017, 'Patients’ experiences with communication-and-resolution programs after medical injury', JAMA Internal Medicine, 177, pp. 1595 - 1603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4002
, 2017, 'Improving reconciliation following medical injury: a qualitative study of responses to patient safety incidents in New Zealand.', BMJ Qual Saf, 26, pp. 226 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005804
, 2016, 'The New Zealand Coroners Amendment Bill's Proposed Approach to Health Care-related Deaths that are Reportable to the Coroner', Journal of Law and Medicine, 23, pp. 557 - 570
, 2015, 'Disciplinary Tribunal Cases Involving New Zealand Lawyers with Physical or Mental Impairment, 2009–2013', Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 22, pp. 649 - 672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2015.1055624
, 2014, 'An empirical approach to the New Zealand Government's Review of the Coronial Jurisdiction', Journal of Law and Medicine, 21, pp. 602 - 626
, 2014, 'Coroners’ recommendations about healthcare-related deaths as a potential tool for improving patient safety and quality of care', New Zealand Medical Journal, 127, pp. 35 - 53, http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/127-1398/6212/
, 2013, 'Proposed Changes to New Zealand's Medicines Legislation in the Medicines Amendment Bill 2011', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 10, pp. 59 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-012-9413-8
, 2012, 'Application of the Mental Health (CAT) Act 1992 (NZ) in Recent NZ Coroner's Court Cases', Journal of Law and Medicine, 20, pp. 333 - 349
, 2012, 'An evaluation of whether New Zealand's occupational health and safety law adequately addresses the risks to workers exposed to nanotechnology and nanoparticles', New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 37, pp. 100 - 117
, 2012, 'New Zealand's Regulation of Cosmetic Products Containing Nanomaterials', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 9, pp. 185 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-012-9372-0
, 2012, 'Application of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (NZ) in recent New Zealand Coroners Court cases.', Journal of Law and Medicine, 20, pp. 333 - 349
, 2011, 'Regulating ecotoxicity attributed to nanomaterial waste', New Zealand Journal of Environmental Law, 15, pp. 253 - 276
, 2011, 'Is New Zealand's regulation of nanomedical products adequate?', Journal of law and medicine, 19, pp. 112 - 127
, 2011, 'De minimus curat lex: New Zealand law and the challenge of the very small', European Journal of Law and Technology, 2