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DELHI-110085
Batch (2016-2021)
To prove that reasonable care and skill has been exercised, the following precautions
should be taken:
• Obtain informed consent of the patient. (operation and giving anesthesia)
• Establish good rapport (relationship or communication) with patient
• Keep full accurate and legible medical records.
• Employ ordinary skill and care at all times.
• Confirm diagnosis by laboratory tests.
• Take skiagrams in bone or joint injuries if diagnosis is doubtful.
• Immunisation should be done whenever necessary.
• Sensitivity tests should be done before injecting preparations likely to cause anaphylactic
shock
.
• In suspected cases of cancer, all laboratory investigations should be done without delay
for early diagnosis.
• Seek consultation where necessary.
• Do not criticize or condemn the professional ability of another doctor, especially in
presence of the patient.
• Do not make a statement constituting or admitting fault on your part.
• Avoid over-confident prognosis and promising too much to the patient.
• Never guarantee a cure.
• The patient must not be abandoned.
• Inform the patient of any intended absence from practice or recommend or make
available a qualified substitute.
• Transfer the patient if facilities are inadequate to handle his problem
• The drug should be identified before being injected or used otherwise.
DEFENCES AGAINST NEGLIGENCE