La culpa médica en la responsabilidad de los hospitales públicos

• Autores: José Miguel Valdivia Olivares
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 146, Nº. 9, 2018, págs. 1028-1032
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Medical malpractice in public hospitals
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  • Under Chilean public law, liability of a public hospital appears when the institution fails to accomplish its mandatory duties or incurs in negligence. As in private law liability, this system requires to determine the duties of hospitals and, in case of a medical accident, professional standards or duties. This paper explores the two main categories of medical malpractice, namely erroneous diagnosis and treatment failures based on public law theory and judiciary methods.