Medico legal concerns

MEDICO LEGAL CONCERNS –

AN INSIGHT

Dr.Abhijit Ghosh M.S Consultant Eye Surgeon

PAST PRESIDENT,Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal

Aurobindo NetralayaNightingale Hospital

Kothari Medical Centre

MEDICOLEGAL CONCERNS

INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER

WORKING IN A HOSPITAL CONSULTANT MEDICAL OFFICER

MEDICOLEGAL CONCERNS

ADMINISTRATOR

CHECK CREDENTIALS OF DOCTOR

CHECK WHETHER DEGREE IS UPDATED & RECOGNISED

MEDICOLEGAL CONCERNS

PATHOLOGICAL & BIOCHEMICAL

REPORTS

(CBS REPORTS NOT VALID)

MEDICOLEGAL CONCERNS

U S G

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P R E S C R I P T I O N S

MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT HISTORY & CLINICAL FINDINGS INVESTIGATIONS PROGNOSTIC FACTORS(esp. operative cases-to be explained to pt.& party before opn. -To be recorded)

ADVICE OVER PHONES ARE NOT VALID MEDICOLEGALLY

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DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE

TREATMENT NOTE TO BE CLEAR Medicines to be PROPERLY explained COUTERSIGNED BY PT/PARTY

BHT To be properly completed & Records kept

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MEDICAL CERTIFICATES SEE PT YOURSLF

SEE ALL OLD REPORTS

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OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

TO BE IMMEDIATELY INFORMED TO THE PARTY AND

DOCUMENTED

COMPLCATION IS NOT NEGLIGENCE

MEDICOLEGAL CONCERNS

PLEASE FOLLOW STANDARD TREATMENT PROTOCOLS

(WHICH YOU CAN JUSTIFY)

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RECORD KEEPING

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BEHAVIOUR

AVOID- UNNECESSARY COMMENTS

Pt. Under L.A.

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B U S Y

Remember What is regular for us is once in a lifetime

experience for the pt .

E X C U S E S

E X C U S E S

“an incredibly fleeting,totally consensual encounter of less than a minute in a lift”

Conceded that he had attempted a “sexual liasion” despite “clear reluctance”

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COMMENTS FROM OTHER DOCTORS

MUST BE IN WRITING

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PLEASE REMEMBER

OUR OWN INTERPRETATIONS OF LAW

ARE NOT VALID

ATTRIBUTES OF A SUCCESSFUL MODERN DOCTOR

In addition to Professional skill(mandatory)

Good Economist

Management skills

Advertising Skills

TERMS UNHEARD OF PREVIOUSLY

Target High Volume Break Even Futuristic Investment Venture Capitalism Wealth &Value Creation

MEDICOLEGAL CONCERNS

balance between ethics and profitability

MEDICAL ADVERTISING

PAGE 3 DOCTORS

MEDICAL ETHICS

SHOULD ESSENTIALLY BE

INCORPORATED IN THE TEACHING CURRICULLUM

COMPASSION

THE HUMANE TOUCH

BALANCING ACT

DO NOT UNDERESTIMA

TE YOUR PATIENT

HAPPY DIWALI