Effects of defensive medicine practices on health care in southeast Turkey
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2022
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MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık
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Özet
Aim: In our country, the stress experienced by physicians due to their working conditions and intense workload plays a role in the formation of medical errors, therefore, physicians want to protect themselves from litigation processes with defensive medicine practices. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effects of defensive medicine practices on health service delivery. Material and Method: In our study, the knowledge and attitudes of a total of 175 dentists working in Dicle University Faculty of Dentistry and Diyarbakir Oral and Dental Health Hospital and its affiliated centers about defensive medicine practices, age, physician (service) duration, gender, institution, title and specialty areas, if any, the relationship was examined using the knowledge level measurement questionnaire. While performing statistical analysis, Chi-square Test was used for comparisons. Result: It was observed that 32% of the physicians in the 26-40 age group, who constitute the vast majority (71.4%) of the participants in the study, were not aware of the concept of defensive medicine. It was found that 36.6% of the participants, 84.4% of those with 1-5 years of medical experience, and 83.3% of the specialty students with the largest share, with the largest share, did not know this concept at all. Conclusion: It is found that most of the physicians do not have the necessary knowledge about medical errors and malpractice. While the level of knowledge is increased through in-service training programs, seminars and conferences about malpractice, medical errors, defensive medicine practices, the experience of experienced physicians can be used in preventing and solving problems.
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Malpractice, Defensive medicine practices, Healthcare personnel awareness
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Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine
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5
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2
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Bakır, Ş., Ünal, S. ve Eratilla, V. (2022). Effects of defensive medicine practices on health care in southeast Turkey. Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine, 5(2), 399-409.
