Characteristics of medical-legal expertise in the investigation of negligence crimes committed during the provision of medical care in the field of dentistry and aesthetic medicine
Keywords:
forensic medical examination, negligent offences in medical practice, dental care, aesthetic medicine, defect in the provision of medical careAbstract
Studiul examinează particularitățile expertizei medico-legale în investigarea infracțiunilor din neglijența asociat acordării asistenței medicale în stomatologie și medicina estetică. Actualitatea temei este determinată de creșterea intervențiilor ambulatorii și de extinderea procedurilor estetice, care sporesc riscul litigiilor și dificultatea delimitării dintre riscul medical acceptabil, complicațiile inevitabile și deficiențele de îngrijire. Scopul cercetării constă în identificarea sarcinilor specifice și a punctelor vulnerabile ale expertizei medico-legale în aceste domenii, precum și în formularea unor repere pentru stabilirea corecta a legăturii de cauzalitate. Metodologia include analiza cadrului normativ național, jurisprudența Curții Europene a Drepturilor Omului și literatura clinică privind complicațiile stomatologice și estetice. Rezultatele evidențiază rolul central al documentației medicale, al trasabilității dispozitivelor și al consimțământului informat în fundamentarea concluziilor expertului.
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