Responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: Casuística de casos evaluados en el Servicio Médico Legal de Chile

Background: The frequency and features of malpractice lawsuits against dentists in Chile are not well known. Aim: To determine the magnitude and frequency of professional liability claims against dentists. Material and Methods: A retrospective analysis of the Medical Liability Unit of the Legal Medi...

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Autores principales: Moscoso Matus,Karla, Smok Vásquez,Pía
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2015
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720150003000092015-08-11Responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: Casuística de casos evaluados en el Servicio Médico Legal de ChileMoscoso Matus,KarlaSmok Vásquez,Pía Dentistry Legislation, medical Malpractice Background: The frequency and features of malpractice lawsuits against dentists in Chile are not well known. Aim: To determine the magnitude and frequency of professional liability claims against dentists. Material and Methods: A retrospective analysis of the Medical Liability Unit of the Legal Medical Service of Chile database. This public organization deals with most professional liability claims in Chile. Results: Between 2007 and 2012, 3,990 expert opinions about liability of health care professionals were requested. Odontology was the fifth specialty most commonly sued and dentists, the second most frequently sued professionals. Sixty nine percent of cases originated in private clinics, which is coincident with a higher frequency of dentists working in private practice. Most petitioners were adult women and most claims originated from surgical interventions and infections. In 35% of claims against dentists, a violation of Lex Artis was confirmed, compared with 9% of all expert opinions that generated in the unit. Conclusions: Claims against dentists are more common than previously thought and these professionals should adopt preventive measures to avoid them.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.143 n.3 20152015-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872015000300009es10.4067/S0034-98872015000300009
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Dentistry
Legislation, medical
Malpractice
spellingShingle Dentistry
Legislation, medical
Malpractice
Moscoso Matus,Karla
Smok Vásquez,Pía
Responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: Casuística de casos evaluados en el Servicio Médico Legal de Chile
description Background: The frequency and features of malpractice lawsuits against dentists in Chile are not well known. Aim: To determine the magnitude and frequency of professional liability claims against dentists. Material and Methods: A retrospective analysis of the Medical Liability Unit of the Legal Medical Service of Chile database. This public organization deals with most professional liability claims in Chile. Results: Between 2007 and 2012, 3,990 expert opinions about liability of health care professionals were requested. Odontology was the fifth specialty most commonly sued and dentists, the second most frequently sued professionals. Sixty nine percent of cases originated in private clinics, which is coincident with a higher frequency of dentists working in private practice. Most petitioners were adult women and most claims originated from surgical interventions and infections. In 35% of claims against dentists, a violation of Lex Artis was confirmed, compared with 9% of all expert opinions that generated in the unit. Conclusions: Claims against dentists are more common than previously thought and these professionals should adopt preventive measures to avoid them.
author Moscoso Matus,Karla
Smok Vásquez,Pía
author_facet Moscoso Matus,Karla
Smok Vásquez,Pía
author_sort Moscoso Matus,Karla
title Responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: Casuística de casos evaluados en el Servicio Médico Legal de Chile
title_short Responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: Casuística de casos evaluados en el Servicio Médico Legal de Chile
title_full Responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: Casuística de casos evaluados en el Servicio Médico Legal de Chile
title_fullStr Responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: Casuística de casos evaluados en el Servicio Médico Legal de Chile
title_full_unstemmed Responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: Casuística de casos evaluados en el Servicio Médico Legal de Chile
title_sort responsabilidad sanitaria en odontólogos: casuística de casos evaluados en el servicio médico legal de chile
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2015
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872015000300009
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