Legal Liabilities and Duties of a Doctor: Part 1
The current ethos of degenerating doctor patient relationship is a cause of concern for medical fraternity. Ever increasing rate of medical malpractice cases, doctor patient conflict is draining the doctor of financial resources and professional satisfaction respectively, not to mention loss of dign...
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2017-01-01
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| description | The current ethos of degenerating doctor patient relationship is a cause of concern for medical fraternity. Ever increasing rate of medical malpractice cases, doctor patient conflict is draining the doctor of financial resources and professional satisfaction respectively, not to mention loss of dignity and peace. A key weapon in our defense against charge of ”professional misconduct” is appropriate knowledge of what all is entailed by conduct as per legal language. This article is part of two sections, the first one deals with medical negligence, dereliction of duty, consumer protection act in relation to physicians, informed consent and documentation of records. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6be9014399e14759b7607291bac366f72025-08-20T03:52:29ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology0972-02002454-27842017-01-01281475010.7869/djo.293Legal Liabilities and Duties of a Doctor: Part 1Kirti SinghBhumika SharmaArshi SinghAnju LalThe current ethos of degenerating doctor patient relationship is a cause of concern for medical fraternity. Ever increasing rate of medical malpractice cases, doctor patient conflict is draining the doctor of financial resources and professional satisfaction respectively, not to mention loss of dignity and peace. A key weapon in our defense against charge of ”professional misconduct” is appropriate knowledge of what all is entailed by conduct as per legal language. This article is part of two sections, the first one deals with medical negligence, dereliction of duty, consumer protection act in relation to physicians, informed consent and documentation of records.https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.293medical negligenceact of omission/ commissionmedical tortpatient consentconsumer protection act cpamedical records and documentation |
| spellingShingle | Kirti Singh Bhumika Sharma Arshi Singh Anju Lal Legal Liabilities and Duties of a Doctor: Part 1 Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology medical negligence act of omission/ commission medical tort patient consent consumer protection act cpa medical records and documentation |
| title | Legal Liabilities and Duties of a Doctor: Part 1 |
| title_full | Legal Liabilities and Duties of a Doctor: Part 1 |
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| title_short | Legal Liabilities and Duties of a Doctor: Part 1 |
| title_sort | legal liabilities and duties of a doctor part 1 |
| topic | medical negligence act of omission/ commission medical tort patient consent consumer protection act cpa medical records and documentation |
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