主题： Medical errors and the Medical Profession--the shift from individual blame to system failure
主讲人： Prof. Carolyn Sappideen, School of Law, University of Western Sydney
主持人： 赵小波 上海财经大学法学院讲师
时间：2013年10月20日（周日）18:30-20:30
地点：第二教学楼401教室
嘉宾简介
Carolyn Sappideen joined UWS School of Law in 1996. Previously she was Deputy Dean at the University of Queensland. She was Chair of the School of Law, University of Western Sydney for the period 1998 to 2006. In 2007 she resumed the position as Professor of Law. She is currently the UWS staff representative on the Board of Trustees. She has a special interest in Elder Law. The School introduced the first elective in Elder Law in Australia in 1999. This has formed the basis of a growing expertise in Elder Law in which the School provides consultancy, training and research.
Professor Sappideen has teaching interests in Torts Law, Property Law and Medical Malpractice Law. She was a joint recipient of a CAUT grant for the innovative teaching of Contracts Law involving transactional learning. She has also supervised higher degree students, the most recent being in the areas of: Liability for Electrical Accidents; Torts: Economic Loss; Medical Malpractice Law: Medical Misadventure; Surrogacy & the Family, Elder Law: Contested Wills.
