Cordero EI, Saínz CH

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 147-155
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The legal obligations and liabilities to be complied with by all residents, particularly by residents from our specialty, constitute a very complex and ambiguous subject, for as physicians they should carry out specific tasks, while as intraining personnel their participation is very limited. This is due to the fact that in anesthesiology medical errors cost lives, and they are one of the main reasons for legal complaints worldwide, which have gradually increased in recent years.
Objective: Update the legal liabilities of anesthesiology and resuscitation residents.
Results: It is the obligation of national and foreign physicians serving a residency, besides those contained in their country's legislation, to participate in the study and treatment of the patients assigned to them under the guidance and supervision of specialists or professors from the health institution sponsoring the residency. It must be borne in mind that during the residency period the legislation is the same for both specialist and nonspecialist physicians. There are at least three situations which give rise to residents' liability: inattention while caring for patients, deficient guidance by the tutor and overstepping of authority by the hospital, the health system or the resident.
Conclusions: The obligations and legal liabilities of residents are everyone's responsibility. Precautions should be taken so that regrettable events do not occur.

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