Investigation on identification of complications in technical identification of malpractice
- VernacularTitle:医疗事故技术鉴定中对并发症定性的探讨
- Author:
Qi CHEN
;
Laiyin TAN
;
Hong CUI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malpractice;
Identification;
Complications
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2008;24(8):566-569
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The term complication is defined as a secondary disease, an accident, or a negative reaction occurring during the course of an illness and usually aggravating the illness. It usually takes two forms: a secondary illness of a disease; or a complication resulting from medical treatments.Characteristic of being risky, predictable, uncertain, and relatively avoidable, complications are affected by a variety of factors. In the course of identifying medical malpractice, identification of complications should be achieved according to how complications occur and evolve in the entire course of treatment and care, whether staffs have followed standards and regulations for treatment and care, whether staff are well aware of their obligations to take precautions to avoid risks, and provide medical care once complications take place, whether malpractice exists in the practice of medical staff, whether a cause -effect relationship exists between complications in patients and harms caused to families and medical malpractice.
