LIJEČNIČKE GREŠKE/POGREŠKE - DEFINICIJE, UZROCI I ODGOVORNOSTI LIJEČNIKA
MEDICAL ERRORS - DEFINITION, CAUSES AND LIABILITY OF DOCTORS

Summary/Abstract: Subject of medical/health activities is the preservation and protection of life and health improvement of individuals and society as fundamental values. Medical profession as a life direction must be devoted to the protection of human health, to the respect of human life, human values and dignity, the well-being of the patient should always be in its spotlight, it should consciously take responsibility for the patient, and that assistance must always be provided equitably and according to conscience. Damages incurred during medical procedures appear to be particularly important and the question of liability is particularly sensitive. The medical profession, in addition to being governed by the rules of the profession, was always governed by ethical standards and only marginally by legal rules. The doctor-patients relationship was more regulated by moral than legal standards until the middle of the twentieth century, while today the situation has significantly changed. Medicine as a science and as a practice is experiencing a rapid scientific and technological progress. The number of interventions and health services is increasing. User requirements are more complex, interventions are more offensive, with inclusion of a number of different experts in the system of protection which leads to far greater possibility of error and harm to the patient.

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