Problems of expert assessment of medical care

Abstract

Legal pressure on the medical worker is currently a factor in reducing the prestige of the medical profession. An unfair assessment of the quality of medical care leads to a simplification of approaches to the implementation of legally «risk» treatment technologies and the degradation of healthcare. Significant problems are the insufficient formation of competencies among specialists involved in expert work, and gaps in the enforcement of clinical recommendations. Professional medical non-profit organizations have leverage to improve the situation. The elimination of these shortcomings will contribute to an objective and fair legal interpretation of the actions of a medical worker in medical care.

Keywords

• expertise
• iatrogenic
• medical care
• medical service
• legal prosecution
• medical error