Medico Legal Case-The Enforcing Law in Patient Care

Authors: Kumarasamy AP* and Vasanthakumar P

DOI: 10.23880/nhij-16000116

Volume 1, Issue 3

Abstract

Any case of Injury or ailment where some criminality is involved is called a Medico-Legal Case (MLC). It is essential to abide by the medical ethics to free them from legal issues. The people who are more prone to assault, trauma, accidents in the community (need to identified ) and are also prone to be hospitalized to be treated under medical legal category case; who clearly observed which is often known as common injury/accidents; nurses should be responsible in documenting Medico Legal Cases.

Keywords:

Medico Legal Case; Forensic medicine; Injury; Patient care; Toxicology

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