“All medicine is made to make you better. If it did the opposite, it would be malpractice.” – Chael Sonnen Unlike other professions, medicine relies on humans (physicians) to make complex decisions that could have long-term implications. Adverse outcomes are frequently an unavoidable part of medical care and do not always indicate poor treatment.
Let's take a look at how medical misconduct is handled in Kuwait. According to Article 13 of Law Number 25/1981 on the practice of medicine , "The doctor is not accountable for the patient's condition if it is proved that he has taken all reasonable care and employed all techniques available under the circumstances to diagnose and treat the patient." The doctor, on the other hand, is liable in the following circumstances: 1. If a mistake is made due to the lack of knowledge about technical difficulties that all doctors should be aware of,…
