ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LEADING TO DEATH IN LEGAL MEDICINE ORGANIZATION SESSIONS BETWEEN 1995 AND 1999

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TOUFIGHI H.; SHIRZAD J.; GHADIPASHA M.

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Forensic Medicine Year:2002 | Volume:8 | Issue:27 Page(s): 5-8

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ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LEADING TO DEATH IN LEGAL MEDICINE ORGANIZATION SESSIONS BETWEEN 1995 AND 1999

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TOUFIGHI H. | SHIRZAD J. | GHADIPASHA M. | Issue Writer Certificate

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NEGLIGENCEQ3

DEATHQ3

MALPRACTICEQ4

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Background: Medical NEGLIGENCE is one of the most important legal problems in medicine and most of the physicians know little about the problem. We determined the prevalence of medical NEGLIGENCE leading to DEATH. Methods: This study was performed in legal medicine organization between 1995 and 1999. Variables included: age, gender, hospitals, high risk procedures, type of NEGLIGENCE and specialty of the physicians. Results: a total of 2307 files were reviewed. There were 884 complaints against medical groups and in 326 of them the patients were died. Of 326 files, in 173 cases, some NEGLIGENCE had been shown. The most frequent complaints were against physicians and then against hospital administrators. The complaints were more common in six courses included: Anesthesiology, general surgery, gynecology, internal medicine, general practitioner and neurosurgery respectively. Conclusion: Carelessness was the most common type of NEGLIGENCE and the physicians did not follow the governmental rules in the second rank. The most common type of carelessness included: carelessness in getting history and physical examination by the physicians and not to follow the governmental rules by hospital administrators.However, the most complaints were against medical groups, the most neglect happened by hospital administrators.

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TOUFIGHI, H., SHIRZAD, J., & GHADIPASHA, M.. (2002). ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LEADING TO DEATH IN LEGAL MEDICINE ORGANIZATION SESSIONS BETWEEN 1995 AND 1999. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE, 8(27), 5-8. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/53527/en

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TOUFIGHI H., SHIRZAD J., GHADIPASHA M.. ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LEADING TO DEATH IN LEGAL MEDICINE ORGANIZATION SESSIONS BETWEEN 1995 AND 1999. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE[Internet]. 2002;8(27):5-8. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/53527/en

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H. TOUFIGHI, J. SHIRZAD, and M. GHADIPASHA, “ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LEADING TO DEATH IN LEGAL MEDICINE ORGANIZATION SESSIONS BETWEEN 1995 AND 1999,” SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE, vol. 8, no. 27, pp. 5–8, 2002, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/53527/en

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