Legal responsibilities of physicians due to medical malpractice in gynecology and obstetrics

Medical malpractice emerges as a concept that has existed for centuries, but has accelerated its development in the last two centuries. Especially, compared to European countries and USA, the awareness of the legal remedies to be resorted to in case individuals are faced with medical malpractice remains weak in Turkey. For this reason, both the development in the legal dimension of the concept of medical malpractice slows down and it becomes difficult for individuals who have been victimized due to medical malpractice to regain their rights. In addition to this issue, which needs to be examined from a social and cultural point of view, it is also necessary to conduct an in-depth analysis of how legal evaluations should be made. In this context, we believe that it is not sufficient to explain medical malpractice in general, and studies should be conducted on physicians and other health professionals according to their fields of expertise. For this reason, in our thesis, first of all, conceptual explanations about medical malpractice will be made, and then conceptual explanations will be made about medical malpractice in particular by physicians, gynecology and obstetrics. Finally, the legal responsibilities arising from medical malpractice will be explained.