International Journal of Legal Medicine

, Volume 127, Issue 3, pp 545–557 | Cite as

Malpractice and medical liability. European Guidelines on Methods of Ascertainment and Criteria of Evaluation

  • Santo Davide Ferrara
  • Eric Baccino
  • Thomas Bajanowski
  • Rafael Boscolo-Berto
  • Maria Castellano
  • Ricardo De Angel
  • Alvydas Pauliukevičius
  • Pietrantonio Ricci
  • Peter Vanezis
  • Duarte Nuno Vieira
  • Guido Viel
  • Enrique Villanueva
  • The EALM Working Group on Medical Malpractice
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Abstract

The manuscript presents the European Guidelines on medico-legal Methods of Ascertainment and Criteria of Evaluation in cases of suspected subjective "Medical Responsibility and/or Liability" developed by an international working group under the patronage of the European Academy of Legal Medicine. It includes a step-by-step illustrated explanation of approved Flow Charts, articulated in 18 sequential steps and comprehensive of both Methods of Ascertainment and Evaluation Criteria.

Keywords

Malpractice Liability Responsibility Error Guidelines 
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Flow Chart 1–Ascertainment methods—Living (JPEG 186 kb)

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Flow Chart 2–Ascertainment methods—Corpses (JPEG 305 kb)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Santo Davide Ferrara
    • 1
  • Eric Baccino
    • 2
  • Thomas Bajanowski
    • 3
  • Rafael Boscolo-Berto
    • 1
  • Maria Castellano
    • 4
  • Ricardo De Angel
    • 5
  • Alvydas Pauliukevičius
    • 6
  • Pietrantonio Ricci
    • 7
  • Peter Vanezis
    • 8
  • Duarte Nuno Vieira
    • 9
  • Guido Viel
    • 1
  • Enrique Villanueva
    • 4
  • The EALM Working Group on Medical Malpractice
  1. 1.Institute of Legal Medicine, Department of Molecular MedicineUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
  2. 2.Service de Médecine LégaleUniversity of MontpellierMontpellier CedexFrance
  3. 3.Institute of Legal MedicineUniversity of Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
  4. 4.Department of Legal Medicine, Forensic Toxicology and AnthropologyUniversity of GranadaGranadaSpain
  5. 5.Department of Private Law, Faculty of LawUniversity of DeustoBilbaoSpain
  6. 6.Department of BiolawMykolas Romeris UniversityVilniusLithuania
  7. 7.Institute of Legal MedicineUniversity Magna Graecia of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
  8. 8.Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the LondonQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
  9. 9.National Institute of Legal MedicineUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal

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