BACKGROUND Malpractice is an occasion that occurs due to defective treatment in the course of providing health services. Neither all of the errors within the medical practices are medical malpractices, nor all of the medical malpractices result in harm and judicial process. Injuries occurring at the time of treatment process may result from a complication or medical malpractice. This study aims...

The United States medical malpractice regime is broken. Medical malpractice liability exists to serve two ends: it encourages efficient behavior by providers and compensates those harmed by the providers’ negligent acts or omissions.1 Unfortunately, empirical evidence shows that the system is exceedingly imperfect on both counts. The current malpractice regime distorts physician incentives in a...

Investigating the Cases of Medical Malpractice Complaints in Adult Gastroenterology Referred to Fars Forensic Medicine from 2005 2020: A Short Report

Malpractice still occurs a lot, both by hospitals and doctors, although there are several legal instruments that regulate hospitals, as well medical practice with sanctions for violators of health laws. The purpose this study is to explore the deficiencies exist in policies, propose new policies order optimally prevent overcome hospital malpractice. research method used normative examining aspe...

OBJECTIVE To examine paediatric malpractice claims and identify common characteristics likely to result in malpractice in children in France. DESIGN AND MATERIALS First, the authors did a retrospective and descriptive analysis of all paediatric malpractice claims involving children aged 1 month to 18 years, in which the defendant was coded as paediatrician or general practitioner, reported to...

CONTEXT Proponents of restrictions on malpractice lawsuits claim that tort reform will improve access to medical care. OBJECTIVE To estimate the effects of changes in state malpractice law on the supply of physicians. DESIGN Differences-in-differences regression analysis that matched data on the number of physicians in each state between 1985 and 2001 from the American Medical Association's...

IN medical malpractice litigation, negligence is the predominant theory of liability. The basic elements of a malpractice claim are duty, negligence, causation, and damage. Duty refers to the practitioners responsibility to treat a patient according to the standard of care. Negligence is defined by law as a deviation from the accepted standard of care and, therefore, a breach of duty. Causation...