Medical Negligence in Pediatrics

SECTION 1: Basis of Medical Negligence, Communication, Documentation, and Consent 1. Introduction to Medical Negligence 2. Effective Communication in Doctor-Patient and Medicolegal Contexts 3. Medical Documentation: The Only Defense for Doctors 4. Record Keeping, Making Easy 5. Medical Consent: The Best Friend of Doctor 6. Logical Basis of Consent Formats 7. All About Medical Certificates SECTION 2: Consumer, Criminal Laws, Litigation Process, and Limiting Liability 8. Consumer Protection Act-2019 9. Application of Criminal Law to Medical Practice 10. Dealing with Civil Pre-Litigation and Litigation Process 11. Limiting the Liability in Case of Alleged Medical Negligence 12. Outdoor and Indoor Practice Giving Rise to Legal Liabilities in Medical Practice 13. Advance Deposit Before Admission and While Discharge Bill not Paid in Hospital 14. Landmark Supreme Court Judgments and Their Importance in Medicolegal Litigations SECTION 3: Various Scenarios in Medical Negligence 15. Medicolegal Aspects of Difficult Situation of Unexpected Death 16. Prevention of Violence Against Doctors 17. Medicolegal Issues in Pediatric Critical Care 18. Medicolegal Aspects of Vaccinations 19. Medicolegal Aspects of Transferring the Acute Ill Patients, Transit Death, Inadvertent use of Expiry Drug 20. Legalities in Developmental Pediatrics 21. Medicolegal Aspects for Pediatric Surgery 22. Legalities in Neonatology 23. Legal Hurdles of Police, RTI, Labor and Drug Inspectors, Fire NOC, Bio-Waste in Medical Practice SECTION 4: Miscellaneous 24. Understanding National Medical Commission Act 2019 and Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics and CEA 2010 25. Professional Indemnity and Out-of-Court Settlement