Medical litigation in oral surgery practice: Lessons learned from 20 lawsuits

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 223-225

  Marei, Hesham F ^a,b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dental malpractice; Lawsuits; Medical litigation; Oral surgery claims; Surgical error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE NECROSIS; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONALISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ERROR;

COMMUNICATION; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGERY, ORAL;

EID: 84876776710     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.09.025     Document Type: Article

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