Even today, most people do not know that the forensic pathologist is the specialist scientist for the assessment of medical errors. Unfortunately, this knowledge is lacking even among people who handle medical error cases, such as lawyers.
This competence of the forensic pathologist has been established through the definition of the specialty’s scope at European level.
The procedures by which forensic science assesses medical errors are set out in the relevant European guidelines. Recently, our country also fully adopted the European specialty model, increasing the training of forensic pathologists to five years. Therefore, in our country too, the forensic pathologist is the scientist called upon, on the basis of their specialist knowledge, to handle cases of medical error.
It is therefore important that anyone who believes they are involved in a possible case of medical error should visit a forensic pathologist immediately. At the first visit they should bring all medical certificates (clinical and laboratory tests, any surgical records, etc.) as well as a brief history of the case.
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