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Defensive medicine and medical malpractice's legal aspects, proposed solutions and professional liability insurance

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2014
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Depending on the development of patients' rights, Doctor-patient communication has changed. Many regulations have been made to keep patients' rights.It has been seen increase in malpractice's cases in parallel with these legal regulations. Physicians tend to defensive practices to protect themselves against the increase of lawsuits. Defensive medicine is the applications to keep physicians themselves against medical malpractice case. Medical malpractices occured in the step of medical intervention and treatment is observed. Physicians' and health employee's mistakes they have made in the step of medical interventions and treatments and their legal responsibility are examined. It is emphasized that legally what the issue of the rights of patients and health employees . It is focused on the legal aspect and legal solutions of medical malpractice. A study has been conducted including physicians' and health employee's mistakes they have made with the legal aspects and legal solutions of professional liability insurance. Medical professional liability insurance which has began recently in our country in the face of negative cases consequences and which has been poorly understood is mentioned. It is understood that this type of insurance began recently in our country but not sufficiently developed and policyholders did not understand the issue of insurance and pay enough attention.

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Özcan Gökşen

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Özcan Gökşen (Master Thesis). Defensive medicine and medical malpractice's legal aspects, proposed solutions and professional liability insurance, 2014, İstanbul Beykent University.

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