A three-stage scheme for medical negligence

Consideration of Three Medical Negligence Mediation Program Evaluations

Minimizing medical negligence.

The ophthalmologists together with all other health care providers are today under greater scrutiny than before as the public we serve is more literate, more educated and has easy access to infinite online information. In other words, the public is more aware of possible medical negligence. The days are gone when the doctor was considered next to the Supreme Being. In spite of super specializat...

Medical negligence in orthopaedic surgery: a review of 130 consecutive medical negligence reports.

Payments by the NHS Litigation Authority continue to rise each year, and reflect an increase in successful claims for negligence against NHS Trusts. Information about the reasons for which Trusts are sued in the field of trauma and orthopaedic surgery is scarce. We analysed 130 consecutive cases of alleged clinical negligence in which the senior author had been requested to act as an expert wit...

Medical negligence: need for balanced approach.

Court delivered on February 10, 2010 (1) attempted to circumscribe the scope of criminal liability for negligence by doctors and hospitals. The law of professional negligence, especially in the case of doctors, has been formulated in such a way as to eliminate fear and anxiety about legal consequences while making professional judgements during diagnosis and treatment. The decision reiterated t...

A Three Stage Terminal Fuzzy Guidance Law for Reentry Vehicles

An advanced guidance law is developed for reentry phase of a reentry vehicle. It can achieve small miss distance and desired impact attitude angle, simultanceously. To meet this requirment a guidance law based on the fuzzy logic approach is developed. It is partitioned into three stages. This guidance law does not require linearization of missile engagement model. Line-of-sight and flight path ...