Professional liability and expert reports

Abstract

Physicians have been repeatedly warned against the rising number of claims for professional liability; however, the number of cases still pending or that are subject to a legal procedure has not been published systematically in our country. The legal and ethical systems do not have any comprehensive information systems to publish statistics on the scope of the claims, processes and verdicts. This creates difficulties in the approach of effective mechanisms to mitigate the impact of these claims against the practice of medicine, through dissemination, training and continued education.