医疗法律案件与老年医生的认知能力相关,以实践医学
Genevieve Casey1, Karen Lemay2, Jun Ji2
1Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
概括
随着医生年龄的增长,认知障碍的担忧越来越多地导致医疗法律问题. 这项研究分析了涉及老年医生的病例,发现随着年龄的增长,实践能力问题越来越多.
科学领域:
- 老年病的医生 老年病的医生
- 医疗法 法律 医疗法
- 医生的表现 医生的表现
背景情况:
- 认知障碍和痴呆症是与年龄相关的疾病.
- 越来越多的医生老龄化引起了人们对潜在的认知衰退影响医疗实践的担忧.
- 对于经历认知障碍的医生而言,医疗法律影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查与老年医生认知障碍相关的医学法律后果.
- 量化医疗法律案件的发生率和性质,涉及55岁及以上的医生,因为认知问题.
主要方法:
- 来自加拿大医疗保护协会 (CMPA) 的10年 (2012-2021) 期间关闭的民事法律和监管学院案件的分析.
- 纳入标准侧重于55岁及以上的医生.
- 关键词搜索是使用与认知衰退和练习适应性相关的术语进行的.
主要成果:
- 在67,566个总病例中,16% (10,599) 涉及55岁及以上的医生.
- 总共有65个病例被确定与医生的医疗实践认知能力有关.
- 与认知能力相关的病例比例随着年龄的增长而显著增加,从55-60岁年龄组的0.2%增加到80岁以上的人群的7.7%.
结论:
- 认知障碍是老年医生医疗法律问题中的一个越来越重要的因素.
- 积极的评估和管理策略可能是必要的,以解决老年医疗专业人员的认知衰退.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解认知障碍对医生实践和患者安全的影响的全部范围.
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