Medicolegal challenges in the COVID era

Vilanilam, George C; John, Praveen Kumar

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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic period, conditions such as difficult clinical conditions, patient safety, consent form, working outside their own field, and increased workload may predispose to medicolegal problems [12]. In addition, it has been determined in clinical studies that surgical intervention performed during the COVID-19 asymptomatic or incubation period will worsen the course of the disease [32].…”

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“…Therefore, it is important to know the level of knowledge of healthcare professionals about COVID-19, their approach to these patients, and where they are in terms of medical practices [11]. On the other hand, since it is a new disease, ongoing research is rapidly changing the applied treatment algorithms, bringing along problems such as informed consent and medical malpractice [12,13].…”

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Pregnant and Newborn Health in COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge level, Attitude and Perspective of Obstetricians & Gynecologists and Pediatricians in Turkey (A Survey-based Study)

Şenyuva

Baysal

2021

ELECTRON J GEN MED

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The COVID-19 is a rapidly ongoing pandemic. 368.513 cases and 10.027 fatalities have been reported in Turkey up to this day. Pregnant women and newborns constitute a special patient group in this disease. In our study, we aimed to measure the knowledge level, attitude to protective measures, perspective of education and medicolegal issues of obstetricians -gynecologists (OB-GYN) and pediatricians on pregnant and newborn health about COVID-19. Material-Methods:A cross-sectional, online-survey consisted of 22 questions. Age, academic degree, duration of the profession in the first three questions, level of knowledge about COVID-19 in the next 14 questions, attitude to protective measures, perspective of education and medicolegal issues in the last five questions were queried. Results:The questionnaire was applied to 145 physicians. 65.5% of them were pediatricians, 34.4% were OB-GYN. The level of having adequate knowledge about COVID-19 was determined as 44% and 34.7% for OB-GYN and pediatricians. No statistically significant relationship was found between the way of acquiring knowledge and academic degree in both physician groups (p>0.05).Positive attitude of OB-GYN about preventive measures during -after the pandemic were 94% -90%, 96.8% -92.6% for pediatricians. The positive perspective of education and medicolegal measures were determined 72% and 80 % for OB-GYN, 80% and 94.7% for pediatricians. Conclusion:Current education related to clinic approach-treatment algoritms about COVID-19 on pregnant and newborn health should be increased for OB-GYN and pediatricians, legal arrangements should be made to make them feel safe.

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Pregnant and Newborn Health in COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge level, Attitude and Perspective of Obstetricians & Gynecologists and Pediatricians in Turkey (A Survey-based Study)

Şenyuva

Baysal

2021

ELECTRON J GEN MED

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“…Currently, concepts such as medical neglect, malpractice, and quality of treatment are being redefined. In COVID times, medical neglect laws will be scrutinized through the prism of the epidemic diseases act (Vilanilam and John, 2020).…”

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Medicolegal Liability and Telemedicine Practice during COVID-19 Pandemic: Egyptian Physicians' Perspectives

Anwar

Mostafa²,

Shehata³

et al. 2023

Zagazig Journal of Forensic Medicine

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Introduction:During COVID-19 pandemic, physicians faced diverse medicolegal dilemmas, and they found themselves increasingly involved in the practice of telemedicine; which by itself entails many ethical and medicolegal concerns. Aim of work: To ameliorate medicolegal and ethical challenges during future pandemics through the assessment of the perception/attitude of Egyptian physicians towards the medicolegal liability of practicing medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic and exploring their perception/attitude & practice of telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic. Participants & methods: We conducted an online survey among 385 Egyptian physicians of variable specialties; which focused on two challenging issues; 1) medicolegal liability of medical practice during the pandemic, and 2) telemedicine. Results: Our results showed that 62 % believed that physicians should be given legal protections in the form of a total exemption from medico-legal liability during COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, 77% agreed that sharing patients' data on social media may subject them to legal risk. About 63% practiced telemedicine during the pandemic; where 58% declared that it subjects physicians to medicolegal liability in case of malpractice, 57% approved requiring a specific license and 76% approved requiring training, while 37% believed that telemedicine practice doesn't require informed consent. There was a positive moderate correlation between total score of both sections of our questionnaire. Logistic regression models showed that regarding physicians' opinions about telemedicine; their specialty and working in COVID-19 triage were statistically significant predictors. Conclusion: Our study concluded that most of the participating Egyptian physicians had medicolegal and ethical concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. This draws attention to the need to propose reform plans to address such challenges during future possible pandemics, not only on a national level but also globally.

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Medicolegal challenges in the COVID era

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Pregnant and Newborn Health in COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge level, Attitude and Perspective of Obstetricians & Gynecologists and Pediatricians in Turkey (A Survey-based Study)

Pregnant and Newborn Health in COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge level, Attitude and Perspective of Obstetricians & Gynecologists and Pediatricians in Turkey (A Survey-based Study)

Medicolegal Liability and Telemedicine Practice during COVID-19 Pandemic: Egyptian Physicians' Perspectives

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Pregnant and Newborn Health in COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge level, Attitude and Perspective of Obstetricians &amp; Gynecologists and Pediatricians in Turkey (A Survey-based Study)

Pregnant and Newborn Health in COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge level, Attitude and Perspective of Obstetricians &amp; Gynecologists and Pediatricians in Turkey (A Survey-based Study)

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Pregnant and Newborn Health in COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge level, Attitude and Perspective of Obstetricians & Gynecologists and Pediatricians in Turkey (A Survey-based Study)

Pregnant and Newborn Health in COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge level, Attitude and Perspective of Obstetricians & Gynecologists and Pediatricians in Turkey (A Survey-based Study)