Evaluation of Medico-Legal Reports in Respect of the Turkish Penal Code

Hakkoymaz, Hakan; Keten, Hamit Sırrı; Artuç, Selahattin; Üçer, Hüseyin; Bozkurt, Selim; Okumuş, Mehmet; Keten, Alper

doi:10.5505/jkartaltr.2014.36693

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“…In the present study, only 9.2% of the reports were prepared as a final report, and this result is consistent with the tendency of emergency services to handwrite temporary reports (4,26,28,29). In a study by Demirci et al (30), emergency physicians were given theoretical and practical training on writing judicial reports, and the rate of "temporary report" declined from 55.5% (prior to training) to 0.5%.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

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Are the Judicial Reports Prepared in Emergency Services Consistent with Those Prepared in Forensic Medicine Department of a University Hospital?

Akbaba¹,

Das²,

Asıldağ³

et al. 2019

Eurasian J Emerg Med

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Aim:This study aimed to analyze the judicial reports prepared in emergency services and to emphasize the importance of forensic medicine education for the physicians working at these services and the reflection of the situation to the judicial authorities. Materials and Methods:Reports prepared by Forensic Medicine Department of Gaziantep University Medical Faculty were accepted as the gold standard and the judicial reports of the same patients prepared in emergency services were compared retrospectively.Results: Most reports were found to be prepared as temporary reports. The concepts of general condition, consciousness, life-threatening clinical status and simple medical interventions were frequently mentioned, while other concepts were not mentioned. The success rate of identifying cases with and without life-threatening clinical status in emergency services was 83.49% and 85.52%, respectively. The success rate of identifying cases that could and could not be treated with simple medical intervention was 84.20% and 58.62%, respectively. Conclusion:It has been determined that the problems in both mentioning basic concepts and accurate report writing cannot be solved in the judicial reports organized in emergency departments. In order to protect themselves, physicians have a tendency to report the consequences more severe than they actually are. However, it should be kept in mind that this tendency may not protect the physician, but also may cause additional legal problems.

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“…In studies carried out on judicial cases referred by emergency services, the most frequent reason for the application is traffic accidents (3,4,6,9,(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). In the present study, traffic accidents were the most common reason with 210 cases (33.3%).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are the Judicial Reports Prepared in Emergency Services Consistent with Those Prepared in Forensic Medicine Department of a University Hospital?

Akbaba¹,

Das²,

Asıldağ³

et al. 2019

Eurasian J Emerg Med

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“…The accuracy of the report is not specified in 23.7% (57) of these reports. Accordingly, 37.8% (91) of the 241 forensic reports included in the study were issued in district state hospitals, 19.1% (46) in provincial state hospitals, 24.1% (58) in education and research hospitals, 10.8% (26) were organized in university hospitals, and 8.3% (20) were issued in private hospitals. Briefly, 53.1% (128) of the physicians who prepared the forensic reports were practitioners, 23.2% (56) were emergency resident physicians, 22.4% (54) were emergency specialists, and in 1.2% (3) of these cases, the condition physician could not be determined.…”

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“…In a study of Hakkoymaz et al[ 20 ] which was examining forensic reports in a university hospital emergency room; it was determined that only 2.3% of the reports were prepared definitely. In another study examining forensic reports prepared in a university hospital emergency room, it was stated that 0.7% of the reports prepared were definite and 93.4% were temporarily prepared.…”

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Evaluation of forensic reports issued in emergency departments and comparison with reports issued by the Council of Forensic Medicine

Terece¹

2020

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg

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BACKGROUND: Identify the deficiencies in the forensic reports prepared by the emergency physicians and to identify the frequent mistakes in these reports by comparing the forensic reports issued by the emergency physicians in the context of offences against physical integrity and the forensic reports issued by the Second Forensic Medicine Specialization Board for the same forensic cases. METHODS:Existence of the information that should be included in the standard forensic report (name, surname, address, event date, etc.) of 241 cases prepared by emergency physicians who were sent to the Forensic Medicine Second Forensic Medicine Second Specialization Board due to various reasons between February 1, 2019, and May 1, 2019, were reviewed retrospectively. Besides, whether the trauma causing the forensic event stated in these reports is life threatening or not and whether it can be eliminated with simple medical intervention or not were compared with the reports prepared by the Council of Forensic Medicine Forensic Medicine Second Specialization Board for the same events and certain mistakes were determined. RESULTS:Address, examination time, and incident date were not specified in forensic reports issued by emergency physicians with a ratio of 95.5%, 63.9%, and 75.9%, respectively. About 23.2% of forensic reports written by hand were not legible. When the reports prepared by the Council of Forensic Medicine and the emergency physicians for the same forensic events were compared in terms of the presence of life threat and treatment with simple medical intervention, it was shown that the emergency physicians were insufficient in determining the life hazard and the simple medical intervention to resolve the trauma causing the forensic event. It was found that the forensic reports issued in tertiary hospitals (education and research hospitals and university hospitals) were more accurate in determining the life hazard and treatment with simple medical intervention status of trauma which caused the forensic event when compared with forensic reports which were issued in primary and secondary line hospitals.CONCLUSION: Regardless of whether the physicians working in the emergency departments are general practitioners or emergency specialists, their sensitivity and knowledge level regarding the preparation of a forensic report was found to be insufficient. We believe that with the increase of coordinated planned multidisciplinary trainings that include emergency medicine and forensic medicine, the forensic reports that are arranged incorrectly will decrease and the awareness of physicians about the results of forensic reports will increase.

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“…Yapılan çalışmalarda da acil servise gelen hastaların en sık trafik kazaları sebebiyle başvurdukları görülmüştür (18). Trafik kazalarına maruz kalan olgular incelendiğinde; çalışmamızda da olduğu gibi erkeklerde kadınlardan daha fazla görüldüğü pek çok çalışmayla tespit edilmiştir (19).…”

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Retrospective Analysis of Forensic Case Reports Who Had Applied to the Emergency Service in the City Centre of Bolu

İlçe¹,

Erkol²,

Alpteker³

et al. 2018

Turk J Bioch

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Evaluation of Medico-Legal Reports in Respect of the Turkish Penal Code

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

Are the Judicial Reports Prepared in Emergency Services Consistent with Those Prepared in Forensic Medicine Department of a University Hospital?

Are the Judicial Reports Prepared in Emergency Services Consistent with Those Prepared in Forensic Medicine Department of a University Hospital?

Evaluation of forensic reports issued in emergency departments and comparison with reports issued by the Council of Forensic Medicine

Retrospective Analysis of Forensic Case Reports Who Had Applied to the Emergency Service in the City Centre of Bolu

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