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Ethical & Medicolegal Issues in Otology
Prateek Sharma1, Nikhil Kumar Soni1, Tarun Ojha1
1Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan India.
Abstract:
ENT professionals are facing the heat of raised number of malpractice complaints against them. Some of them have a direct impact on surgeon's career & life progression. Lawsuits are not new to otology, but with evolution of education, social media & media trials etc., negativity is being generated against doctors each day. This article considers the causes, types & prevention of medicolegal malpractice claims/lawsuits against the doctors with incorporation of recent NMC guidelines for the same.
Supplementary Information:
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-023-04078-5.
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