Ethics code: IR.LMO.REC.1399.008
Sefidbakht S, Zarenezhad M, Ghasrifard M, Hosseininezhad H, Gholamzadeh S, Doroudchi A. Review of the Trend of Complaint Files Against Radiology Specialists and Involved Medical Staff Referred to the Forensic Medicine of Fars Province During the Years 2001 to 2020: A Short Report. JRUMS 2023; 21 (10) :1085-1092
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Review of the Trend of Complaint Files Against Radiology Specialists and Involved Medical Staff Referred to the Forensic Medicine of Fars Province During the Years 2001 to 2020: A Short Report
Sepideh Sefidbakht[1], Mohammad Zarenezhad[2], Milad Ghasrifard[3], Alireza Doroudchi[4], Homayoun Hosseininezhad[5], Saeid Gholamzadeh[6]
Received: 30/11/22 Sent for Revision: 13/12/22 Received Revised Manuscript: 07/01/23 Accepted: 08/01/23
Background and Objectives: Medical malpractice as professional negligence may cause injury or death of the patient. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cases of complaints against radiology specialists and medical staff referred to Fars Province General Administration of Forensic Medicine.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, all cases of medical malpractice complaints in the specialized field of radiology from 2001 to 2020 referred to Fars Province General Administration of Forensic Medicine were investigated. Descriptive statistics were used to report the findings.
Results: In the present study, there were 64 complaints. According to the results of the commission, 38 cases (59.37%) were acquitted, and 22 cases (34.37%) were convicted. In terms of type of malpractice, 10 cases (15.62%) were non-observance of government rules followed by compound malpractice occurred in 9 cases (14.06%).
Conclusion: In the present study, the most frequent types of malpractice were failure to comply with government systems and compound malpractice.
Key words: Malpractice, Radiology, Forensic medicine, Fars province
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Legal Medicine Organization approved the study (IR.LMO.REC.1399.008).
How to cite this article: Sefidbakht Sepideh, Zarenezhad Mohammad, Ghasrifard Milad, Doroudchi Alireza, Hosseininezhad Homayoun, Gholamzadeh Saeid. Review of the Trend of Complaint Files Against Radiology Specialists and Involved Medical Staff Referred to the Forensic Medicine of Fars Province During the Years 2001 to 2020: A Short Report. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2023; 21 (10): 1085-92. [Farsi]
- Associate Prof., Medical Imaging Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran, ORCID: 0000-0003-3407-8167
(Corresponding Author) Tel: (0713) 6324100, Fax: (0713) 6324100, E-mail: zarenezhad70@gmail.com
- Medical Student, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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Radiology Received: 2022/11/28 | Accepted: 2023/01/8 | Published: 2023/01/20