Tıbbi Uygulama Hatalarında Hekim Sorumluluğu

Authors : Oğuz Polat, Işıl Pakiş

Pages : 119-125

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Publication Date : 2011-09-01

Article Type : Other

Abstract :During its General Assembly in 1992, World Medical Association defined medical malpractice as "lack of standard treatment, lack of skills by the physician or the loss incurred by not providing treatment”. Recently medical malpractice claims against physicians have been increasing in our country. In the last 10 years medical malpractice has been discussed in various aspects and efforts are being made to find a solution. Increased legal causes against medical doctors have contributed to awaraness of medical malpractice among them. This fact has caused an increase penalty rates in the new Turkish Penal Code. Furthermore, harsher punishments that cannot be converted to monetary fines and cases resulting in higher monetary compensation attracted attention. This study aims at defining medical malpractice and the related concepts. The most common medical malpractice cases, physicians legal responsibilities, litigation against physicians, expert opinion and solutions to prevent errors were also discussed
Keywords : medical malpractice, physician, liability