Law and medicine work parallelly to provide optimum medical care to patients with fewer medical errors and negligence. The inclusion of medical law in medical curriculum programs would help to practice medicine with minimum medicolegal issues. The Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have emphasized the benefits of adding medical law in the curriculum that would ultimately help individuals and society.
Considering the limited scope to study medicolegal aspects in medical curriculum and based on the need and values of GCC countries, an integrated curriculum introducing medical law is necessary. Legal education for medical students and HCPs must be provided in GCC countries to ensure a safe and structured medical practice. The following points should be considered while designing the curriculum to add medical law: Forensic science, a discipline of medicine, should be considered…
