Authors

Tej Bahadur Chhetri, T. Ramalingamma Chhetri , Syed Meraj Ahmed

Abstract

Background: Medicine is a noble profession, but there is also growing anxiety both within the profession and in the community regarding increasing trends of complaints and lawsuit against clinicians. The trainee period is an important time for fostering ethical reasoning in clinicians. Health care providers are at high risk for litigations. Being aware about medico-legal aspects, performing the duties ethically can be a safe side for oneself against risks of litigations. Material and Methods: Institutional Cross-sectional study was conducted, using questionnaire based study among the practicing, CMOs, PG residents and interns in a tertiary care centre in Nashik. Results: Total 120 participants were included in our study. We found that 108 (90%) intern, 7 (5.83) and 5(4.17%) post graduate students had no proper knowledge in handling medico legal cases independently. (45%) participants were of opinion that the present current overall knowledge of medico legal cases is appropriate not sufficient for them to tackle medico legal cases. Conclusion: Large numbers of medical professionals were detected to have gap between their knowledge and practice. Many of them were of the opinion that Medico Legal aspects to be incorporate and make compulsory at every level with advanced skill based practical knowledge.

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DOI

 10.59988/jfmsl.vol.32issue2.12