Investigation on legal problems encountered by emergency medicine physicians in Turkey
| Autor: | Ummu Gulsum Kocalar, Betul Gulalp, Afsin Emre Kayipmaz, Tufan Akin Giray, Cemil Kavalci, Elif Çelikel, Hasan Yesilagac, Özlem Karagün, Betul Akbuga Ozel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Turkey SATISFACTION Science Medical malpractice Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Malpractice Physicians Complaint Medicine Humans Multidisciplinary Descriptive statistics business.industry Emergency department Forensic Medicine medicine.disease Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Female Medical emergency Clinical Competence business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 5, p e0127206 (2015) PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | BackgroundMedicine is a profession that carries certain risks. One risky area of practice is the emergency department. Emergency physicians diagnose and treat a high volume of patients, and are also responsible for preparing reports for forensic cases. In this study, we aim to investigate emergency physicians' legal-administrative problems and reveal their level of understanding on forensic cases.MethodsAn electronic questionnaire form was prepared after the approval of an ethical committee. This form was sent to the residents, specialists and academicians of emergency medicine by e-mail. The physicians were asked to fill out the form online. All the gathered data was analyzed. Descriptive statistics were presented as frequency percentages with mean and standard deviation. Chi-square tests were used to compare the groups. Correlation between number of complaint cases and age, sex, career, institution, and duration of service in emergency department were investigated. pResults294 physicians participated in the questionnaire. According to the questionnaire, 170 of the physicians were reported to the patient communication units due to medical malpractice. Mean number of compliant reports was 3.20±3.5. 29 of the physicians received administrative penalties. 42 of the physicians were judged in the court for medical malpractice. 1 physician was fined 5000 Turkish Liras as a result of these judgments.ConclusionWe found that the number of complaint reports is negatively correlated with duration of service in emergency medicine and age. There was a significant difference between number of complaint reports and career (p |
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