Preparing Medico Legal Report in Clinical Practice

Naveen, S

doi:10.1007/s12262-012-0538-0

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“…Today, the concept of expert opinion plays an important role in determining the relationship between the behavior and any consequent damage. Considering the increasing number of law suits filed against physicians, especially in recent years, the importance of expert opinion in addition to accurate and ontime patient intervention means that physicians need specific training for preparing accurate judicial reports (15). Even though both clinical and judicial reports require good writing skills and extensive experience (16)(17)(18), judicial reports have a different purpose, which is reflected in their impact, quality and style (19,20).…”

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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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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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“…However, likelihood of self inflicted injuries still exist and taken as standing medicolegal board experience. 23,26 Usually, MLO emphasizes on wounds (not on fabrication) for reporting the laws set a siding other important elements 24 of the MLC. Reporting of 337-F1 (Jurh Ghayr-Jaifah Damiyah) 21 or 337-L2 in almost all (5/6) histories of MLC is astonishing.…”

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Medicolegal Certificate;

Hassan¹,

Suleri²,

Karim³

et al. 2019

TPMJ

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Objectives: To know the association between reporting of Qisas and Diyat Laws and elements in medicolegal certificates (MLCs)against injuries in children. Study Design: Retrospective cross sectional. Setting: Two DHQ and 2 THQ level hospitals in Sialkot, Pakistan. Period: January-March 2015. Method: The MLCs (issued from 1st January through 31st December 2014) were segregated on the basis of history of the cases. All the certificates of each history were reviewed for the criminal law reporting. The inclusion criteria (i.e. at least one MLC with law reporting) meeting histories were included in the study. The MLCs on history of fight were kept in group A while that of other histories in B. The data was subjected to SPSS for analysis of the variables. Results: Incidence rate of law reporting was found as 50.4% in the pooled data. Only 160 (71.1%) or 54 (43.2%) cases of group A or B were certified according to the Qisas and Diyat Laws, respectively. On the average, higher reporting rate was observed in group A and Bfrom July through November, 2014 (45.3 and 44.5%, respectively). The law certification had insignificant association with none of the elements in MLC except age in group A with more likelihood for a 10-18 years old child (RR = 1.69; 1.060-2.693; p = .04). Subsections 337-F1 (Ghayr Jaifah Damiyah) and 337-L2were frequently reported in almost all the histories of cases. Conclusion: Most of the MLCs on fight were certified according to the Qisas and Diyat Laws. Moreover, measures by authorities are needed to limit the incidences ofinjuries in children.

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“…One requirement is that “the expert should not stray beyond their expertise to provide an opinion on matters about which they are unable to demonstrate special qualification or experience”. 7…”

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The spectrum of expert reports on clinical biochemical toxicology and medicine from an Irish practice

Tormey

2015

Med Leg J

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The compounds which generated an expert opinion report in the area of medical toxicology in the period 1999 to 2015 are presented from the toxicological case files of a specialist in chemical pathology and general internal medicine. There were 132 different compounds from 86 cases. Alcohol was involved in 43%, drugs of abuse in 18.6%, volatile carbon compounds in 17.4%, metals in 9.3%, and carbon monoxide in 4.6%. Many compounds appeared once. The duty of the medical expert witness to provide an objective report for the court irrespective of the payer is stated. The addition of references from peer reviewed literature to substantiate the pros and cons of each case is recommended as a standard operating procedure in completing each report.

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Preparing Medico Legal Report in Clinical Practice

Cited by 3 publications

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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?

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The spectrum of expert reports on clinical biochemical toxicology and medicine from an Irish practice

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