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- Title
Medical Malpractice Through the Eyes of a Doctor of Laws Physician.
- Authors
Keçeligil, Hasan Tahsin
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Due to the nature of the job, the responsibilities and obligations of physicians and healthcare professionals are above and far beyond all professions. Because the field of study of the medical profession is directly the "human body" and medical practices are closely related to the "right to life", hich is the highest of rights. Patient rights and the right to health from which it originates are essentially an integral part of the right to life. Methods: In recent years, on the one hand, the reactions of patients and their relatives to the harms caused by the interventions of physicians have increased, on the other hand, the expectations of patients and their relatives from medicine and physicians have increased exaggeratedly. All these have led to a reinterpretation of medical interventions by emphasizing the right to a healthy life. This situation simultaneously brought up the responsibility of physicians arising from medical practise. Results: In medical interventions, a harmful outcome may occur at any time because no medical intervention is zero risk. Even if the utmost care and attention is paid, the negative consequences that occur are considered as normal deviations and risks of medical interventions and are called "complications" within the "permissible risk" by the physicians. Conclusions: One of the most important fundamental issues of medical law is the distinction between medical malpractise and complications. In this paper, the consepts of medical malpractises and complications will be examined in the light of judicial decisions.
- Subjects
MEDICAL malpractice; PHYSICIANS' attitudes; MEDICAL personnel; JUDICIAL process; PUBLIC health
- Publication
E Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023, Vol 11, p1
- ISSN
2147-1924
- Publication type
Article