Medical negligence--what is SAMA's position?

SAMA's inward-looking approach to AIDS and ethics.

[Withholding medical care as a physical injury--manslaughter and withdrawal of treatment].

Withholding therapy may cause a charge of manslaughter and the intended withdrawal of therapy may result in proceedings because of second-degree murder, requested homicide and omission of help, respectively. According to the criminal law, negligence of the duty to help does not require a guarantor position of the physician but the intent for punishableness. Otherwise, the physician is liable fo...

The role of clinical guidelines in medical negligence litigation: has India made the shift?

India has been following English law for certain principles that are well developed in common law. On the issue of medical negligence, India had adopted the principle laid down in the Bolam case which held that a doctor is not negligent if what he has done would be endorsed by a responsible body of medical opinion in the relevant specialty at the material time. This was followed until 2001 when...

Iran and England Criminal System’s Approach to Conducts Caused by Negligence and Recklessness

Mens Rea (Mental element) merely doesn’t consist the people who decide to violate the law or knowingly their conducts may create prohibited result, rather in some cases can encompass some people who should foresee risk of their conduct. Recklessness and Negligence are the most obvious examples of fault (Shortcoming) in Iran and England criminal systems which can create criminal liability. Now...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of medical malpractice studies in Iran

Background: Medical malpractice is a serious problem in the health care system. This study aimed to review the medical negligence in Iran. Methods: Based on the PRISMA checklist, a search for scientific records was done separately by two researchers. All the articles that had selection criteria were evaluated in terms of methodological quality. Medical malpractice was assessed in four main div...