Diagnostic errors in rheumatology and medico-legal consequences.
| Autor: | Golstein MA; Clinique Saint Jean, Brussels, Belgium. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The Medico-legal journal [Med Leg J] 2024 Sep; Vol. 92 (3), pp. 139-144. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 17. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00258172241235016 |
| Abstrakt: | Medical errors and adverse effects of treatment are inherent to medical practice. Like any other medical specialty, rheumatology is not exempt. Although the problem is imprecisely quantified, according to some authors it affects up to 10% of hospitalised patients. Describing and qualifying misdiagnoses in rheumatology will help us to understand and reduce these. Further, misdiagnosis generates unjustified costs and medico-legal consequences with errors in initial diagnosis the basis for medico-legal disputes involving assessment of work incapacity. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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