Julgamento ético do médico em Sergipe, Brasil

Abstract

A documentary survey (2004-2013) was carried out of data from the Sergipe State Regional Medical Council, aimed at recognizing the profile of offending doctors, identifying the key complainants and their motivations, describing the results, punishments and length of legal proceedings and assessing the relationship between the provision of legal assistance and the success of the case. During the study period 318 disciplinary proceedings were initiated involving 337 doctors. The violations were mainly related to documents, death and doctor-patient relationship. Patients are the main complainants and 29 inquiries involved cases of Professional Ethics. The most common punishment was private notice of a confidential reprimand. There was a relationship between the provision of legal assistance and the success of the case. The profile of the offending doctor was: male, aged about 50 years, with more than 10 years' experience since graduating, and a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics. Knowledge of this profile of offending doctors allows the possibility of establishing direct preventive measures. Keywords: Medical errors. Ethics. Legal process. Punishment. ResumoJulgamento ético do médico em Sergipe, Brasil Pesquisa documental (2004Pesquisa documental ( -2013 nos dados do Conselho Regional de Medicina do estado de Sergipe, com o objetivo de conhecer o perfil do médico infrator, identificar os principais denunciantes e suas motivações, conhecer os resultados, punições, duração dos processos e avaliar a relação do auxílio advocatício com o sucesso da causa. No período, foram instaurados 318 processos disciplinares envolvendo 337 médicos. As infrações estão relacionadas principalmente a documentos, morte e relação médico-paciente. Os pacientes são os principais denunciantes, e 29 sindicâncias evoluíram para processo ético-profissional. A punição mais comum foi a censura confidencial em aviso reservado. O auxilio advocatício estava associado ao sucesso. Compõem o perfil do médico infrator as seguintes características: sexo masculino, cerca de 50 anos, mais de 10 anos de graduado, ginecologista e obstetra. Com esse panorama, temos um perfil do médico infrator e criam-se possibilidades de adotar medidas preventivas diretas. Palavras-chave: Erros médicos. Ética. Processo legal. Punição. ResumenJuicio ético del médico en Sergipe, Brasil Se trata de una investigación documental (2004-2013) a partir de los datos del Consejo Regional de Medicina del Estado de Sergipe con el objetivo de conocer el perfil del médico infractor, identificar a los denunciantes y motivaciones clave, conocer los resultados, las puniciones, la duración del procedimiento y evaluar la relación entre la asistencia jurídica con el éxito de la causa. En este período hubo 318 procesos disciplinarios que involucraron a 337 médicos. Las infracciones están relacionadas principalmente a los documentos, la muerte y la relación médico-paciente. Estos últimos son los principales denunciantes y 29 de estas causas evolucionaron hacia Procesos de Ética Pro...

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