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. 2005 Oct-Dec;39(4):359-71.

[Patients' complaints against medical staff: a modern phenomenon?]

[Article in French]
Bernard Cartier
  • PMID: 17162934

[Patients' complaints against medical staff: a modern phenomenon?]

[Article in French]
Bernard Cartier. Hist Sci Med. 2005 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

According to the National Archives (Eure-et-Loir, France) which are prior to 1790, the study of legal medical cases does show complaints of patients against medical staff and particularly against surgeons. The three main complaints were negligence, carelessness, or simply ignorance. The grounds for complaining decreased as Medicine became more and more based on new scientific data available for common people.

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