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Schaffer S, O'Neill P. Analysis and recommendations regarding surgeons' liabilities during an acute health crisis. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2021; 51:101880. [PMID: 33845281 DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2021.101880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted discrepancies between surgeons' professional duties and legal protections when acting outside their specialities during the pandemic. These discrepancies between legal and professional standards leave surgeons and the NHS vulnerable to litigation. In the following article, we explore the liabilities that have arisen for surgeons during this period in the United Kingdom and Canada. We recommend, upon review of the literature, that a two-pronged approach be taken to address these discrepancies; (a) a change in policy at the national level to accurately reflect the constraints and demands placed upon the profession in this acute health crisis and (b) the provision of clearer, more stringent legal protection. In the interim, we suggest that individual surgeons utilise a decision-making framework where they consider their personal and professional obligations in regard to resource stewardship, innovation in practice, patient-specific contexts, and patient advocacy while acting outside of their speciality.
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Kearney AM, Gart MS, Brandt KE, Gosain AK. Lessons from American Board of Plastic Surgery Maintenance of Certification Tracer Data: A 16-Year Review of Clinical Practice Patterns and Evidence-Based Medicine in Cleft Palate Repair. Plast Reconstr Surg 2020; 146:371-379. [PMID: 32740590 DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000007018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND As a component of the Maintenance of Certification process from 2003 to 2019, the American Board of Plastic Surgery tracked 20 common plastic surgery operations. By evaluating the data collected over 16 years, the authors are able to examine the practice patterns of pediatric/craniofacial surgeons in the United States. METHODS Cumulative tracer data for cleft palate repair was reviewed as of April of 2014 and September of 2019. Evidence-based medicine articles were reviewed. Results were tabulated in three categories: pearls, or topics that were covered in both the tracer data and evidence-based medicine articles; topics that were covered by evidence-based medicine articles but not collected in the tracer data; and topics that were covered in tracer data but not addressed in evidence-based medicine articles. RESULTS Two thousand eight hundred fifty cases had been entered as of September of 2019. With respect to pearls, pushback, von Langenbeck, and Furlow repairs all declined in use, whereas intravelar veloplasty increased. For items not in the tracer, the quality of studies relating to analgesia is among the highest of all areas of study regarding cleft palate repair. In terms of variables collected by the tracer but not studied, in 2019, 41 percent of patients received more than 1 day of antibiotics. CONCLUSIONS This article provides a review of cleft palate tracer data and summarizes the research in the field. Review of the tracer data enables cleft surgeons to compare their outcomes to national norms and provides an opportunity for them to consider modifications that may enhance their practice.
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- Aaron M Kearney
- From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; OrthoCarolina; and the American Board of Plastic Surgery
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- From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; OrthoCarolina; and the American Board of Plastic Surgery
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- From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; OrthoCarolina; and the American Board of Plastic Surgery
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- From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; OrthoCarolina; and the American Board of Plastic Surgery
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Ryan P, Woo K, Rathbun J, Smolock CJ. Quality Payment Program Year 4 final rule. J Vasc Surg 2020; 71:1055. [PMID: 32089201 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Patrick Ryan
- Nashville Vein and Vascular Institute, Nashville, Tenn
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Society for Vascular Surgery Quality and Performance Measures Committee, Chicago, Ill
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Ekmekci PE, Güner MD, Toman İN, Karaca G, Karakoyunlu B, Çatal R, Erdem M, Ömeroğlu E. Does content of informed consent forms make surgeons vulnerable to lawsuits? Asian J Surg 2019; 43:497-503. [PMID: 31640880 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Written informed consent forms (ICFs) are important for ensuring that physicians disclose core information to patients to help them autonomously decide about treatment and for providing substantial evidence for the surgeon in case of a legal dispute. This paper aims to assess the legal and ethical appropriateness and sufficiency of the contents of ICFs designed for several elective surgical procedures currently in use in Turkish hospitals. METHODS One hundred and twenty-six forms were randomly selected and were analyzed for 22 criteria. The results were compared using the Fisher' exact test, and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. RESULTS More than 80% of ICFs contained information about the risks of the proposed treatment, the diagnosis of the patient, and the patient's voluntariness/willingness, as well as a designated space for the signatures of the patient and the physician and a description of the proposed treatment. Some ICFs were designed for obtaining blanket consent for using patients' specimens. CONCLUSIONS The ICFs for general elective surgery contain many deficiencies regarding disclosure of information, and there is significant variation among primary healthcare providers. Unrealistic expectations regarding the surgery or the post-operative recovery period due to insufficient information disclosure may lead patients, who experience post-surgical inconveniences, to file lawsuits against their surgeons. Although all ICFs, regardless of their institution, are generally insufficient for defending hospital administrations or surgeons during a lawsuit, ICFs of private hospitals might be considered better equipped for the situation than those of state or university hospitals. However, further research is needed to show if private hospitals have lower lawsuit rates or better lawsuit outcomes than state or university hospitals in Turkey.
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- Perihan Elif Ekmekci
- TOBB ETU, School of Medicine, Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Turkey.
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Ball CM. 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be': Letters from the anaesthetist Joseph Thomas Clover to the Birmingham surgeon Joseph Sampson Gamgee. J Med Biogr 2019; 27:37-45. [PMID: 27566233 DOI: 10.1177/0967772016662167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The London surgeon and anaesthetist, Joseph Thomas Clover (1825-1882), and the Birmingham surgeon, Joseph Sampson Gamgee (1828-1886), are well known figures in the history of medicine. Draft letters among the surviving papers of Joseph Clover have been transcribed and reveal new information about their friendship, their financial affairs and Clover's motivation to become a full-time anaesthetist. They have also led to the discovery that Gamgee was briefly imprisoned in Warwick County Goal for debt in 1859.
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- Christine M Ball
- Monash Universityl, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Berlin J. "A Threat to All Texas Physicians:" TMA Backs Surgeon in Defamation Suit. Tex Med 2019; 115:44-45. [PMID: 30811557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Miguel Gomez, MD's well-publicized legal fight isn't over yet. In its latest turn, the Texas Medical Association is still standing behind the surgeon as he fights to uphold a verdict against one of the state's largest nonprofit hospital systems for defaming him.
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Manktelow A. Patients should not be denied access to hip surgery. BMJ 2018; 362:k3801. [PMID: 30201796 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k3801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Andrew Manktelow
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
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Medicolegal issues in surgery. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2018; 79:364-5. [PMID: 29995543 DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2018.79.7.364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Makhni MC, Park PJ, Jimenez J, Saifi C, Caldwell JM, Ha A, Figueroa-Santana B, Lehman RA, Weidenbaum M. The medicolegal landscape of spine surgery: how do surgeons fare? Spine J 2018; 18:209-215. [PMID: 28673825 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.06.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Because of the limited and confidential nature of most legal data, scarce literature is available to physicians about reasons for litigation in spine surgery. To optimally compensate patients while protecting physicians, further understanding of the medicolegal landscape is needed for high-risk procedures such as spine surgery. Based on these, surgeons can explore ways to better protect both their patients and themselves. PURPOSE To characterize the current medicolegal environment of spine surgery by analyzing a recent dataset of malpractice litigation. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. PATIENT SAMPLE All malpractice cases involving spine surgery available to public query between the years of 2010 and 2014. OUTCOME MEASURES Case outcome for spine surgery malpractice cases between the years of 2010 and 2014. METHODS WestlawNext was used to analyze spine surgery malpractice cases at the state and federal level between the years 2010 and 2014. WestlawNext is a subscription-based, legal search engine that contains publicly available federal and state court records. All monetary values were inflation adjusted for 2016. One hundred three malpractice cases were categorized by case descriptors and outcome measures. Claims were categorized as either intraoperative complaints or preoperative complaints. RESULTS Rulings in favor of the defendant (surgeon) were noted in 75% (77 of 103) of the cases. Lack of informed consent was cited in 34% of cases. For the 26 cases won by the plaintiff, the average amount in settlement was $2,384,775 versus $3,945,456 in cases brought before a jury. Cases involving consent averaged a compensation of $2,029,884, whereas cases involving only intraoperative complaints averaged a compensation of $3,667,530. A significant correlation was seen between increased compensation for plaintiffs and cases involving orthopedic surgeons (p=.020) or nerve injury (p=.005). Wrong-level surgery may be associated with lower plaintiff compensation (p=.055). The length of cases resulting in defense verdicts averaged 5.51 years, which was significantly longer than the 4.34 years average length of settlements or verdicts in favor of plaintiffs (p=.016). CONCLUSIONS Spine surgeons successfully defended themselves in 75% of lawsuits, although the cases won by physicians lingered significantly longer than those settled. Better understanding of these cases may help surgeons to minimize litigation. More than one third of cases involved a claim of insufficient informed consent. Surgeons can protect themselves and optimize care of patients through clear and documented patient communication, education, and intraoperative vigilance to avoid preventable complications.
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- Melvin C Makhni
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York Presbyterian, 5141 Broadway, 3 Field West, York, NY 10034, USA.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York Presbyterian, 5141 Broadway, 3 Field West, York, NY 10034, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York Presbyterian, 5141 Broadway, 3 Field West, York, NY 10034, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York Presbyterian, 5141 Broadway, 3 Field West, York, NY 10034, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York Presbyterian, 5141 Broadway, 3 Field West, York, NY 10034, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York Presbyterian, 5141 Broadway, 3 Field West, York, NY 10034, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York Presbyterian, 5141 Broadway, 3 Field West, York, NY 10034, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York Presbyterian, 5141 Broadway, 3 Field West, York, NY 10034, USA
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Picardi N. Aspetti deontologici e giuridici della Responsabilità professionale del chirurgo in Italia. Evoluzione storica a partire dal '900. Ann Ital Chir 2018; 89:1-19. [PMID: 29629884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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È pleonastico ricordare che ogni individuo raziocinante delle essere responsabile delle sue azioni: deve agire con la coscienza degli scopi che si propone evitando possibili conseguenze negative dei suoi atti. In ambito medico questo tipo di responsabilità è codificata con le norme della "deontologia". Per secoli l'arte terapeutica è stata praticata da individui dotati di una particolare vocazione ed una particolare cultura acquisita da Maestri dell'arte ancor prima che dalla propria esperienza, con nozioni di erboristeria e di elementari conoscenze anatomiche e di fisiologia, circondati da un'aura sacerdotale e da un rispetto derivante dal timore e dall'ammirazione per il coraggio e auspicabilmente dai successi, e facendo riferimento nell'occidente mediterraneo alle regole operative fissate nel Giuramento di Ippocrate, di significato tra il sacro ed il deontologico. Lo sviluppo delle tecniche anestesiologiche a partire dalla seconda metà dell'800 ha determinato l'ampliamento delle iniziative chirurgiche di tipo elettivo, a fianco con gli storici interventi in emergenza per la cura di lesioni traumatiche, ancor prima delle acquisizioni riguardanti le infezioni. Con l'espansione del campo di azione della chirurgia, le possibili complicanze ed i possibili insuccessi hanno fatto da contrappeso ai sentimenti di rispetto e di fiducia nei confronti dei chirurghi, giungendo a far assimilare in tali casi la loro opera quale causa all'origine di danni, provocati rientrando quindi nella categoria dei reati sottoposti alla Legge penale. Così, al termine deontologico di "responsabilità" valido per ogni iniziativa ed ogni professione, per i medici è venuto ad associarsi la qualifica di "professionale", con un significato di presunta colpevolezza. Da una parte le regole deontologiche si sono ampliate, ed hanno coinvolto direttamente il paziente nella fase decisionale delle terapie chirurgiche, formalizzate programmaticamente in moderni codici deontologici ed operativamente nel documento del "consenso informato". Per altro verso le leggi innovative del Codice Civile definito nel 1942, che al posto delle pene del codice penale introduceva il criterio della risarcibilità economica del danno in caso di riconosciuta "responsabilità professionale", ha determinato il coinvolgimento di altre figura professionali, e cioè di avvocati e di medici legali, oltre che delle organizzazioni assicurative, con detrimento alla serenità nell'espletamento delle professioni sanitarie e con l'insorgenza per reazione della cosidetta "medicina difensiva". La concretezza di queste problematiche hanno richiesto l'interessamento attivo della Giurisprudenza con una serie di sentenze, ed una formulazione di decreti e nuove leggi parlamentari, ancora in pieno assestamento nel corso del 2017, lasciano in qualche modo ancora irrisolti alcuni nodi.
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Ahmed R, Lopez J, Bae S, Massie AB, Chow EK, Chopra K, Orandi BJ, Lonze BE, May JW, Sacks JM, Segev DL. The Dawn of Transparency: Insights from the Physician Payment Sunshine Act in Plastic Surgery. Ann Plast Surg 2017; 78:315-323. [PMID: 28182596 PMCID: PMC5308560 DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000000874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PSSA) is a government initiative that requires all biomedical companies to publicly disclose payments to physicians through the Open Payments Program (OPP). The goal of this study was to use the OPP database and evaluate all nonresearch-related financial transactions between plastic surgeons and biomedical companies. METHODS Using the first wave of OPP data published on September 30, 2014, we studied the national distribution of industry payments made to plastic surgeons during a 5-month period. We explored whether a plastic surgeon's scientific productivity (as determined by their h-index), practice setting (private versus academic), geographic location, and subspecialty were associated with payment amount. RESULTS Plastic surgeons (N = 4195) received a total of US $5,278,613. The median (IQR) payment to a plastic surgeon was US $115 (US $35-298); mean, US $158. The largest payment to an individual was US $341,384. The largest payment category was non-CEP speaker fees (US $1,709,930) followed by consulting fees (US $1,403,770). Plastic surgeons in private practice received higher payments per surgeon compared with surgeons in academic practice (median [IQR], US $165 [US $81-$441] vs median [IQR], US $112 [US $33-$291], rank-sum P < 0.001). Among academic plastic surgeons, a higher h-index was associated with 77% greater chance of receiving at least US $1000 in total payments (RR/10 unit h-index increase = 1.47 1.772.11, P < 0.001). This association was not seen among plastic surgeons in private practice (RR = 0.89 1.091.32, P < 0.4). CONCLUSIONS Plastic surgeons in private practice receive higher payments from industry. Among academic plastic surgeons, higher payments were associated with higher h-indices.
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- Rizwan Ahmed
- From the Departments of *Surgery, and †Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; ‡Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; and §Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Lewińska T, Modrzejewski A, Parafiniuk M. Consent for Surgery in View of an Ambigious Court Decision - Case Report. Pol Przegl Chir 2017; 87:638-40. [PMID: 26963059 DOI: 10.1515/pjs-2016-0016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Guardianship courts seem to issue decisions in case of the need to obtain consent for surgery, amongst other things, when the patient is unable to consciously express written consent, and at the same time does not have a legal representative or a statutory representative does exist, but settlement with him is impossible. The presented study case demonstrated the abnormalities of applying court procedures, as well as the responsibilities and dilemmas posed in front of a surgeon. A specialist surgeon wanted to help the patient and he was able to accomplish his mission.
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Dyer C. Judges hear senior surgeon's appeal against manslaughter conviction. BMJ 2016; 355:i5812. [PMID: 27789442 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Joseph Bernstein
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 424 Stemmler Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Maa J, Sutton JH. The defeat of Proposition 46 in California: A case study of successful surgeon advocacy. Bull Am Coll Surg 2016; 101:61-63. [PMID: 26891507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Dyer C. Urologist is investigated by GMC after review by Royal College of Surgeons. BMJ 2015; 351:h5304. [PMID: 26438543 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h5304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dyer C. Surgeon fails in attempt to get patients' inquest verdict changed. BMJ 2015; 351:h4866. [PMID: 26370298 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Stafford N. Transplant surgeon who fast tracked patients is found not guilty of attempted manslaughter. BMJ 2015; 350:h2506. [PMID: 25953058 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dyer C. Orthopaedic surgeon who botched four operations while working as a locum is struck off. BMJ 2015; 350:h2366. [PMID: 25934545 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Bourne T, Bennett P, Bobdiwala S, Coomarasamy A, Ghaem-Maghami S, Guha S, Horne A, Joash K, Kirk E, Lees C, Al-Memar M, Papageorghiou A, Raine-Fenning N, Sur S, Timmerman D, Ugwamadu A. Dharmasena case illustrates what is wrong with complaints procedures. BMJ 2015; 350:h1130. [PMID: 25739978 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Tom Bourne
- Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College, London W12 0HS, UK
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Malone-Lee J. Dharmasena case: responsibility takes precedence over accountability. BMJ 2015; 350:h1131. [PMID: 25740424 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Majeed A. Surgeon in female genital mutilation case should not have been prosecuted. BMJ 2015; 350:h1124. [PMID: 25740299 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Azeem Majeed
- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK
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Lees C. Surgeon's case shows misunderstanding of female genital mutilation. BMJ 2015; 350:h1125. [PMID: 25739744 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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