Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi 2003 , Vol 13 , Num 3
LIABILITY AND MEDICOLEGAL PROBLEMS OF NEUROSURGEONS IN TURKEY
Erdem ÖZKARA1, İ. Hamit HANCI2
1Yard. Doç Dr. Dokuz Eylül Üniv. Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp AD. Balçova-İzmir
2Prof Dr. Ankara Üniv. Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp AD. ve Adli Tıp Enstitüsü Başkanı, Cebeci-Ankara
Medicine, as a profession, is needed devotion. Doctors are responsible in terms of their management not only to patients and relatives but also legal authorities. it has various aspects and practitioners may be sued because of unappropriate attitudes regarding this issues. Doctors' awareness of their own responsibilities and duties might protect them from unwilling situations. In this review neurosurgeons' liability and medico-legal problems arising from clinical practice have been taken into consideration on the basis of current laws and regulations in Turkey. Anahtar Kelimeler : Neurosurgery. Liability, medico-legal problems, neurosurgery