An analysis of causative factors in closed criminal medical malpractice cases of the Taiwan Supreme Court: 2000-2014

Highlights • Totally 75% of criminal malpractice cases proved innocent after mean 7.6-year judicial process. • All guilty clinicians avoided imprisonment via probation or replacement with forfeit. • Emergency medicine was the single most risky specialty in criminal prosecution. • About quarter of ru...

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Published inLegal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 23; pp. 71 - 76
Main Authors Wu, Kuan-Han, Cheng, Shih-Yu, Yen, Yung-Lin, Wu, Chien-Hung, Tsai, Ming-Ta, Cheng, Fu-Jen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2016
Subjects
Criminal
Criminal Law
Emergency Medicine
Internal Medicine
Malpractice
Malpractice - legislation & jurisprudence
Retrospective Studies
Taiwan
Criminal
Malpractice
Taiwan
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Summary:Highlights • Totally 75% of criminal malpractice cases proved innocent after mean 7.6-year judicial process. • All guilty clinicians avoided imprisonment via probation or replacement with forfeit. • Emergency medicine was the single most risky specialty in criminal prosecution. • About quarter of rulings were commuted, which might related to controversial appraisal result.
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ISSN:1344-6223
1873-4162
DOI:10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.10.001