Legal Responsibility Profiles in Endodontics. PURPOSE. The purpose of this study is the examination of the reasons of the litigation for "malpractice" in dentistry coming our from endodontic therapy, giving to the clinician information about the behavior to be assumed in case of litigation and useful to minimize the legal consequences. We will show cases that, correctly managed didn't lead to legal litigations or were solved quickly before a court and instead cases that incorrectly managed, led to long and difficult legal acts, ended with unsuccess of the clinician in the four. MATERIALS AND METHODS. In this study we'll show, with the use of iconographic support of many forensic cases, the critical steps; of the endodontic therapy, in which unwanted consequences may happen, subdividing them in "not otherwise avoidable" complications (here's no responsibility for the clinician) or the professional errors for incorrect treatment ("malpractice"). RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS. Most part of forensic cases in a court are not due to errors in treatment only, but specially to a uncorrect management of the litigation because of he wrong behavior of the clinician. Therefore it's clear that, using a correct endodontic therapy (main requirement for quality results), it's so important for the clinicians to know not only the unexpected consequences that may happen but also the errors in clinician's behavior in the relationship between dentist and patient, errors leading un avoidably into a court, most of the times with the clinician loosening in the litigation.

OBIETTIVI. Scopo di questo lavoro è l'analisi dei motivi dei contenziosi per responsabilità professionale di origine endodontica, fornendo ai sanitari informazioni di comportamento a minimizzarne le conseguenze. Verranno presentati casi che, grazie ad una corretta gestione, non hanno determinato il contenzioso oppure sono stati risolti rapidamente in via extra giudiziaria in casi che, invece, proprio a causa di errori di gestione sono sfociati in lunghi e complessi contenziosi giudiziari che hanno alla fine comportato la soccombenza del sanitario. MATERIALI E METODI. Nel lavoro vengono evidenziati, con il supporto iconografico di molteplici casi clinici giunti all'osservazione medico-legale, in momenti critici del trattamento endodontico in cui si possono verificare conseguenze indesiderate, suddividendole in complicanze non altrimenti evitabili (in cui vi è colpa professionale del sanitario) e in errori secondari invece ad un incongruo trattamento. RISULTATI E CONCLUSIONI. La maggior parte dei casi giudiziari è dovuta non solo ad un errore nel trattamento, ma soprattutto ad un inadeguata gestione del contenzioso per un cattivo comportamento del sanitario. E' quindi, evidente che, a parte l'utilizzo di una corretta terapia endodontica, requisito base per una endodonzia di qualità, è fondamentale per i sanitari conoscere non solo le conseguenze negative che possono verificarsi ma anche gli errori comportamentali nel rapporto medico-paziente che sfociano inevitabilmente nel contenzioso il più delle volte a esito sfavorevole per il sanitario.

Maddalone, M., Citterio, C., Pellegatta, A., Bellinzona, A., Radice, C. (2010). Profili di responsabilità professionale in endodonzia. IL DENTISTA MODERNO, 40-59.

Profili di responsabilità professionale in endodonzia

MADDALONE, MARCELLO;
2010

Abstract

Legal Responsibility Profiles in Endodontics. PURPOSE. The purpose of this study is the examination of the reasons of the litigation for "malpractice" in dentistry coming our from endodontic therapy, giving to the clinician information about the behavior to be assumed in case of litigation and useful to minimize the legal consequences. We will show cases that, correctly managed didn't lead to legal litigations or were solved quickly before a court and instead cases that incorrectly managed, led to long and difficult legal acts, ended with unsuccess of the clinician in the four. MATERIALS AND METHODS. In this study we'll show, with the use of iconographic support of many forensic cases, the critical steps; of the endodontic therapy, in which unwanted consequences may happen, subdividing them in "not otherwise avoidable" complications (here's no responsibility for the clinician) or the professional errors for incorrect treatment ("malpractice"). RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS. Most part of forensic cases in a court are not due to errors in treatment only, but specially to a uncorrect management of the litigation because of he wrong behavior of the clinician. Therefore it's clear that, using a correct endodontic therapy (main requirement for quality results), it's so important for the clinicians to know not only the unexpected consequences that may happen but also the errors in clinician's behavior in the relationship between dentist and patient, errors leading un avoidably into a court, most of the times with the clinician loosening in the litigation.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Endodontic treatment, endodontic informed consent, legal responsibilities, malpractice incidents
Trattamento endodontico, consenso informato,responsabilità professionale, errori professionali
English
Italian
ott-2010
40
59
none
Maddalone, M., Citterio, C., Pellegatta, A., Bellinzona, A., Radice, C. (2010). Profili di responsabilità professionale in endodonzia. IL DENTISTA MODERNO, 40-59.
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