Ethico-Legal Issues of Physician Malpractices

Running head: ETHICO-LEGAL ISSUES OF PHYISICIAN MALPRACTICES
ETHICO-LEGAL ISSUES OF PHYSICIAN MALPRACTICES
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1ETHICO-LEGAL ISSUES IN PHYSICIAN MALPRACTICES
Executive Summary
The occurrence of medical malpractice is not new in medical profession. There are a various
types of malpractices of which unnecessary surgeries and surgical errors will be emphasized in
the following reports. Lack of competency and negligence by medical professionals often lead to
medical malpractices and errors further resulting in serious life threatening health conditions in
the patient, which may even be fatal. Hence, medical malpractices raise several ethical and legal
concerns which patients must consideration for the purpose of lawfully filing their grievances
and obtain the compensation as per the injuries occurred.

2ETHICO-LEGAL ISSUES IN PHYSICIAN MALPRACTICES
Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Medical Malpractices.......................................................................................................3
Types and Examples of Malpractices..............................................................................3
Misdiagnosis................................................................................................................4
Delayed Diagnosis.......................................................................................................4
Failure to Treat............................................................................................................4
Unnecessary Surgeries and Surgical Errors.................................................................4
Birth Injury..................................................................................................................5
Medical Product Liability............................................................................................5
Discussion............................................................................................................................5
Unnecessary Surgeries and Surgical Errors.....................................................................5
Analysis of Ethical and Legal Issues...............................................................................8
Recommendations..........................................................................................................10
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................11
References..........................................................................................................................13

3ETHICO-LEGAL ISSUES IN PHYSICIAN MALPRACTICES
Introduction
The following paragraphs of the report aim to shed light on the various types of medical
malpractices common among physicians, with a clear emphasis on the medical practice of
unnecessary surgeries and medical errors. The report also aims to analyze extensively and
elaborately on the primary ethical and legal concerned associated with the selected medical
malpractice, followed by recommendations concerning the prevention and management of the
same.
Medical Malpractices
According to Taghizadeh et al. (2017), medical malpractices can be defined as the
occurrences of faulty or inappropriate clinical practices in medical profession, due to
incompetence or negligence by the concerned physicians. Despite usage of quality practices,
healthcare professionals such as doctors may still perform clinical errors which are preventable,
resulting in fatal complications such as serious injuries or even death of a patient. Such medical
malpractices can be avoided in the clinical settings, but unintended errors may still emerge due to
lack of adequate competency or experience in medical professionals during the performance of
surgeries and administration of drugs. The conductance of errors and the associated patient
injuries often lead to serious ethical and legal concerned leading to filing of medical lawsuits
(Zhang et al. 2018).
Types and Examples of Malpractices
Some of the common types of physician’s medical malpractices include delayed
diagnosis, misdiagnosis, surgical errors, failure to treat and medical product liability.