Aspectos médico-legais da cirurgia para hérnia inguinal


Autoria(s): Minossi,José Guilherme; Silva,Alcino Lázaro da
Data(s)

01/08/2005

Resumo

Professional responsibility is an inherent factor to the medical activity. Therefore, the adoption of a healthy conduct based on good relationship between the physician and the patient, as well as the understanding of this professional of the several aspects involved in the inguinal hernia repairs, are considered the better means to protect himself against possible litigations with its patients. This issue provides a complete evaluation of medical and legal problems related to the inguinal hernia surgery, and discusses the care that surgeon must exercise during preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods. That authors also comment about medical error and its conception from the point of the new Civil Code.

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Idioma(s)

pt

Publicador

Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões

Fonte

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões v.32 n.4 2005

Palavras-Chave #Hernia/inguinal #Hernia/surgery #Surgery/legislation & jurisprudence #Liability #legal
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journal article