A decade of litigation regarding surgical informed consent in the Netherlands

Medical claims and malpractice lawsuits are the final stage of a clinical process where a patient feels aggrieved, maltreated, disappointed, dissatisfied or had expectations that were not lived up to [1 –3]. An important reason for patients to file a medical malpractice suit or complaint at a medical disciplinary board (MDB) is an inadequate surgical informed consent (SIC) process [4,5]. Until now the frequency, characteristics, clinical circumstances and legal outcome of malpractice claims and M DB decisions concerning SIC (in the Netherlands) have not been systematically analysed and described.
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research