Ethical & Medicolegal Issues in Otology.

ABSTRACT: ENT professionals are facing the heat of raised number of malpractice complaints against them. Some of them have a direct impact on surgeon's career & life progression. Lawsuits are not new to otology, but with evolution of education, social media & media trials etc., negativity is being generated against doctors each day. This article considers the causes, types & prevention of medicolegal malpractice claims/lawsuits against the doctors with incorporation of recent NMC guidelines for the same.

Supplementary information

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-023-04078-5.

SUBMITTER: Sharma P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10645664 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature