Investigation of pathology malpractice claims in China from 2002-2015

Li, Yuan; Gao, Daozhou; Tu, Meng; Luo, Ying-zhen; Deng, Zhenhua

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2017.04.005

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“…The most frequent complaints were in the year 2014 (41.5%) and the least frequent ones happened in the year 2007 (1.8%). This result is very similar to other studies conducted in Asia such as those of Li et al and Buken et al in China and Turkey, and interestingly in Iran, the ascending trend of complaints against physicians is visible (Li et al, 2017;Büken et al, 2004).…”

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A 10-year retrospective descriptive study of internists’ complaints referred to Fars Legal Medicine Center

Keshavarz

Dehghani

Malekpour

et al. 2019

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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The high rate of medical errors, malpractice payments, legal issues, and complaints from physicians leads to waste of the physician's time and energy as well as high costs for related individuals and organizations. Patients and methods: We analyzed the outcomes of 275 medical malpractice cases reported in the Department of Forensic Medicine in Fars Province from January 2006 to December 2016. The study population included all the internists as defendants and the patients who had filed a complaint against them. Results: Based on the plaintiffs' gender in the investigated cases, the maximum age of patients with complaints by gender among males ranged between 30-39 and 50-59 years (22.4%) and among females it was 30-39 years (22. 8%). The degrees of physicians who had been accused of medical commission were recognized as follows: 5 (1.8%) medical students, 36 (13.1%) GPs (general practitioners), 126 (45.8%) internists, 6 (2.2%) pulmonologists, 6 (2.2%) nephrologists, 4 (1.5%) hematologists, 2 (0.7%) rheumatologists, and 38 (13.9%) gastroenterologists. Conclusions: Annual malpractice from the beginning of 2006 to the end of 2016 varied from 0 to 5%, while the rate of annual complaints in the same period varied from 0 to 45%. Maximum malpractice payment belonged to gynecology which is about 50,358,000 Rials equivalent to US$11,990 involving malpractice and complaint concurrent with internists. Specially fields of general surgery(9.4%), gynecology (9.1%), subspecialty fields of thoracic cardiovascular surgery (6.9%), and family general practice (13.1%) were the fields of most complaints parallel with those of internists.

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A 10-year retrospective descriptive study of internists’ complaints referred to Fars Legal Medicine Center

Keshavarz

Dehghani

Malekpour

et al. 2019

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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“…Plaintiffs in most cases (89%) received compensation. 14 Pathologists depend upon clinicians to provide them with relevant clinical details and findings from other investigations required to make appropriate diagnosis. Poor communication between pathologist and clinician and between pathologist and patients can often be the core of malpractice claims.…”

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Getting sensitized about malpractice lawsuits in practice of Pathology

Jha¹

2018

J Pathol Nep

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Medical malpractice is defined as any act or omission by a physician during treatment of a atient that deviates from accepted norms of practice in the medical community and causes an injury to the patient. In the United States, Medical malpractice is a specific subset of tort law that deals with professional negligence. “Tort” is the Norman word for “wrong,” and tort law is a body of law that creates and provides remedies for civil wrongs that are distinct from ontractual duties or criminal wrongs.Although the laws of medical malpractice differ significantly between nations, as a broad general rule liability follows when a health care practitioner does not show a fair, reasonable and competent degree of skill when providing medical care to a patient.

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Investigation of pathology malpractice claims in China from 2002-2015

Cited by 2 publications

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A 10-year retrospective descriptive study of internists’ complaints referred to Fars Legal Medicine Center

A 10-year retrospective descriptive study of internists’ complaints referred to Fars Legal Medicine Center

Getting sensitized about malpractice lawsuits in practice of Pathology

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