Assessment of Awareness of Medico-Legal Knowledge among Medical Professionals.

Medico legal case means a medical case with legal binding on the part of attending doctor. There is an apprehension among doctors in dealing with medico legal cases. This is because of fear of various laws and regulations. There is also apprehension regarding attending the courts, cross examination by the Lawyers and various questions by the police officers. All doctors should be aware of legal aspects of medical practice. Assessment of knowledge and Awareness of common medico legal issues was done by analysing the questionnaire given to 100 doctors working at Medical College Raichur among the participants 50 doctors were from Non Clinical and 50 were from clinical departments. Such study about knowledge and awareness assessment of doctors will benefit the doctors in a constructive way to deal with medico legal issues in their clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]