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- Title
Focus on Liability of Residences for Elderly and Sick People: A Case Series and Medico-Legal Issues.
- Authors
D'Anna, Tommaso; Argo, Antonina; Albano, Giuseppe Davide; Puntarello, Maria; Rizzo, Chiara; Guadagnino, Daniela; Zerbo, Stefania
- Abstract
Residences for elderly and sick people, self-sufficient or dependent, are varied. To date, the liability profiles of these structures are not clearly delineated, and increasingly often, their operating and organization criteria are entrusted to subnational, regional, or local regulations. Among the various deficits, there is the keeping of a complete and detailed documentation/diary of the patient, the lack of which can generate medico-legal problems. In this paper, we present three cases of guests in residences for a dependent person brought to the attention of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University Hospital of Palermo due to criminal proceedings, where the lack of existing documentation in the structure and, in some cases, the behavior of the professionals working there, led the evaluator to deduce the organization's culpability.
- Subjects
ITALY; NURSING care facility laws; MALPRACTICE; BRAIN diseases; CEREBRAL hemorrhage; COVID-19; PERITONITIS; DENTURES; PRESSURE ulcers; ISCHEMIC stroke; AUTOPSY; LEGAL liability; URINARY catheterization; DOCUMENTATION; HYPERTENSIVE crisis; FORENSIC medicine; AGGRESSION (Psychology); PSYCHOMOTOR disorders; CONSCIOUSNESS disorders; INTESTINAL perforation; FOREIGN bodies; LONG-term health care; CEREBRAL ischemia
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2023, Vol 11, Issue 4, p539
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare11040539