Geir Sverre Braut

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Geir Sverre Braut er spesialist i samfunnsmedisin, seniorrådgjevar ved Helse Stavanger og professor emeritus ved Høgskulen på Vestlandet.

Articles by Geir Sverre Braut

Room for improvement in maternity care

Lars T. Johansen,
Geir Sverre Braut,
Pål Øian

10.05.2022: Adverse events still occur in maternity care, and many could be avoided. We must be better at learning from our own mistakes. Despite the high standard of maternity care in Norway, adverse events with serious outcomes for the mother and/or child sometimes occur. Reports of serious incidents in...

The doctor as an administrator of legislative rules

Geir Sverre Braut

07.08.2012: Is it possible for health personnel to comply with all legal requirements? Yes, provided that the regulations are based on sound medical knowledge. Law is a field of expertise whose basic principles we as non-lawyers should be reluctant to challenge. The respect for expert, discipline-based...

Professional autonomy demands professional cooperation

Geir Sverre Braut

04.10.2011: There are major differences in referral practice among general practitioners, but professional guidelines are not enough to resolve the problem Norwegian legislation, both the Health Personnel Act and the new Act relating to municipal health and care services, places great emphasis on the individual...