Study of handling of medico-legal cases in governmental hospitals in Cairo

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Magda MokhtarHanan Said Ez-Elarab

Abstract

Medico-legal case (MLC) represents an integral part of medical practice in the emergency departments and causalities. Therefore, the physicians should have the sufficient knowledge of their roles and responsibilities while handling these cases to aid legal justice. This study on the physicians working in governmental hospitals in Cairo aimed to assess physicians' knowledge, practice and attitude regarding handling of MLCs. The study included 452 physicians working in 7 governmental hospitals in Cairo. There were non-significant differences in physicians' knowledge, practice and attitude scores according to their age groups, gender, job titles or duration of work experience. Physicians working in the day surgery centre had the lowest knowledge and attitude scores. Daily rate of confrontation with MLCs was reported by 42% the participants (190 physicians) and weekly rate was reported by 21.7% (98 physicians). Writing ML report was found as the most frequently encountered difficulty faced the participants during handling of MLCs (67.1%), followed by dealing with the patients' relatives. In conclusion, this study revealed absence of a well defined protocol for recognition and handling of MLCs in all included governmental hospitals ...Continue Reading

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