Medical Error Disclosure can Rescue Malpractice Litigation

Yassa, Heba A.; Peter, Abanoub F.

doi:10.26735/16586794.2018.007

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“…Research shows that, when facing these actions, there is a clear lack of ethics related to patient safety, a practice of defensive medicine. Safety ethics considers it essential to reveal errors, including near misses or those without signi cant consequences, opting for an honest message re ected in the transparency of professional actions as evidenced in the present study with the following principles: respect, completeness, and honesty, as evidenced by other studies that support the idea of responsibility within the framework of surgical awareness [21,29,30,[37][38][39][40][41].…”

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“…Conversely, qualitative studies seek understanding rather than a prediction for a phenomenon because of its complexity, especially when it involves some degrees of legal responsibility perceived by the members of a surgical team when confronted with ethical and legal problems [21,[26][27][28][29][30]. Therefore, the following question arises: is it necessary to inform the patient about the error?…”

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Perceptions of a Surgical Team About the Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of Forgetting Foreign Bodies in Patient Bodies and Other Errors

Anderson

González

Toro

et al. 2021

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Background: Retained surgical items (RSIs) represent a real and ongoing problem, but it is preventable. Its real incidence is unknown because of underreporting resulting from the fear of lawsuits for medical errors. This study aimed to describe the perception of the members of a surgical team about their ethical and legal responsibilities related to medical errors, specifically concerning the presence of RSIs. Methods: This qualitative, descriptive, and interpretative study focused on the perceptions of the members of a surgical team on the ethical and legal problems they may face because of the presence of RSIs. Continuous saturation sampling was performed by interviewing 17 professional members of the surgical team. Atlas Ti 8.0® program was used for analyzing the data obtained. It traced the categories by means of content analysis of the perceptions and practices during possible ethical and legal responsibilities because of medical errors. Results: The interviewees were conflicted between complicity and justice, as it is a duty to report events or actions that put the lives of surgical patients at risk.Conclusions: The lack of awareness about the rules and believing that human errors are inevitable lead to normalizing errors, which does not allow professionals to face the risk and, therefore, to avoid it.

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Perceptions of a Surgical Team About the Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of Forgetting Foreign Bodies in Patient Bodies and Other Errors

Anderson

González

Toro

et al. 2021

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Is It Better to Disclose or Conceal Medical Error When Occur? An Indicative Study from Sohag Governorate Physicians

Sayed

Mohammed

Radwan

2021

Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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Background:Introduction: Medication errors as one of the commonest medical problems in hospitals are a leading cause of patient morbidity. Subjects and methods: three hundreds (300) doctors of different degrees were asked to fulfill the attached questionnaire about medical malpractice (causes, types, preventive measures) and their opinion about disclosure or concealing the errors. Results: The studied subjects included variable age groups, with range from 25 to 65 years old. The major cause of medical malpractice reported by the participants was deficient skills 45%, followed by poor contact with patients (35%). Other reported causes are due to stress and work overload (25%). Twelve percent were due to poor team work arrangement. Only 23.7% of doctors decide to disclose their errors and 76.3% prefer to hide the medical errors. The most common error reported by participants was diagnosis errors (23.6%), and then delayed transfer in 21%. The outcome of patients secondary to error was minor in 72.6% and death occurred only in 4.67%. The most reported suggested measure (51%) for prevention of error recurrence was referral of difficult cases followed by performing risky procedures in qualified hospitals (42.6%) and then to encourage doctors to disclose their error 41.3%. Conclusion: The current study concluded that the main causes of medical errors were poor contact with patients and deficient skills. The most common mentioned errors were surgery in non-equipped place, unethical conduct and diagnosis error. The participants' response was avoiding similar situations and increase information to prevent recurrence. The majority of participating doctors chose concealing the errors to avoid loss of reputation Recommendations: Close monitoring of residents and adequate communication between staff and regularization of duty hours can decrease occurrence of errors. Legal protection for doctors and patients can encourage doctors to disclose their errors.

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Medical Error Disclosure can Rescue Malpractice Litigation

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Perceptions of a Surgical Team About the Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of Forgetting Foreign Bodies in Patient Bodies and Other Errors

Perceptions of a Surgical Team About the Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of Forgetting Foreign Bodies in Patient Bodies and Other Errors

Is It Better to Disclose or Conceal Medical Error When Occur? An Indicative Study from Sohag Governorate Physicians

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