Medico Legal Awareness:Where are we? – A Survey among Health Professionals in Maharashtra and Haryana

• Main Authors: Mayuresh, J. Baheti, Sampada, Thakur, Ronak, Khokhani, Preetam, Mahagaonkar, Nandlal, Girijalal, Gangadhar, S.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8826/1/vol_5_no_1_2015_67_%281%29.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8826/
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Introduction: Medicine is a noble profession but there is also growing anxiety both within the medical profession and in the community regarding increasing trends of complaints and lawsuits against doctors. Knowledge about medical ethics is as fundamental to the practice of medicine as clinical skil...