3A Legal and Ethical Responsibilities PDF
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This document discusses legal and ethical responsibilities in surgical practices and includes case studies and scenarios related to medical malpractice. It analyzes situations where patients were harmed due to medical errors and examines the legal accountability of medical professionals and healthcare institutions.
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The surgeon should gave the order for the nurse to separate the spicemens, since he cant know if any of the specimens were malignant until they get examed in pathology. If the surgeon would have just followed protocol, he could’ve prevented this whole situation. This is the hospital and the staf...
The surgeon should gave the order for the nurse to separate the spicemens, since he cant know if any of the specimens were malignant until they get examed in pathology. If the surgeon would have just followed protocol, he could’ve prevented this whole situation. This is the hospital and the staff fault since they should check that all the instruments that are going to be used during surgery work and function. The staff members of the OR are in fault for this, they should have followed protocol and done the procedure how is supposed to be done. They shouldn’t have altered the results of the patient that is iligal.
