Medico-legal considerations of lifestyle medicine

ByVas Kavadas

Published21 August 2024

Lifestyle medicine is increasing in both its scope and in popularity – but what medico-legal factors do you need to consider before taking it on?

Doctors who are going to include a lifestyle medicine component to their practice need to ensure they have appropriate indemnity for their work.

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Vas Kavadas

MBChB BSc MRCS MD LLM PGDip Vas Kavadas joined the MDU in 2008 as a medico-legal adviser from a background in general surgery, having gained an MD in a quality of life field. She has an LLM in Medical Law and a postgraduate diploma in Obesity and Weight Management, and is working towards Lifestyle Medicine Core Accreditation with the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine. She is currently working as a medical appraiser, as a member of the courts and tribunals judiciary, and as a weight management doctor.