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. 2007 Jul-Sep;4(3):116-8.
doi: 10.20529/IJME.2007.046.

Medical negligence and the law

K K S R Murthy  1
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Medical negligence and the law

K K S R Murthy. Indian J Med Ethics. 2007 Jul-Sep.
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Abstract

After the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, came into effect, a number of patients have filed cases against doctors. This article presents a summary of legal decisions related to medical negligence: what constitutes negligence in civil and criminal law, and what is required to prove it.

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