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Wrongful birth and wrongful life. Floodgate argument and the balancing of conytrasting rights in courts law making
2017
The decision analyzed affects damages forthe born child because of the impossibility for the mother to exercise the right to abortion, as the diagnosis was missing and she was not aware of the hard risk for her physical and psychological health coming from the birth of a child affected by “down syndrome”. The study starts from the distinction between: a)Wrongful birth: the personal damages suffered by pregnant women, who have not had the possibility of self-determining in the prosecution of the pregnancy in case of pathological processes of the fetus; in particular, in those cases when a disease exposes herself and her health to a severe risk (a pre-condition for abortion, according to the …
The Impact on Healthcare Workers of Italian Law n. 24/2017 “Gelli–Bianco” on Patient Safety and Medical Liability: A National Survey
2022
Italian “Gelli–Bianco” law (law n. 24 enacted by the Italian Government on 8 March 2017) introduced innovative changes and regulations regarding patient safety and healthcare workers’ (HCWs) liability. We promoted a national survey to evaluate the effect of the law on HCWs. The questionnaire was edited and distributed using the free online tool “Google Forms” (Google LLC). The mode of administration chosen for the questionnaire was telematic self-completion. In particular, the questionnaire was sent to several portals of information, websites, in the scientific and medical sectors. Four hundred forty-five subjects participated in the survey. The differenc…
Fibroelastosi endocardica congenita in coso di autopsia fetale per sospetta malpractice professionale. Caso clinico e revisione della letteratura
2007
Gli Autori presentano il caso di una donna giunta alla 39,4 settimana di gestazione, regolarmente sottoposta ad esami clinici e strumentali che evidenziavano un decorso regolare della gravidanza eccetto oligoamnios. La paziente espletava il parto con feto nato vivo ma non vitale. L'esame esterno del cadavere evidenziava esclusivamente cianosi generalizzata. L'esame autoptico ha evidenziato cardiomegalia con incremento di tutte le cavità cardiache con rapporto cardio-toracico 6.5/8.5 ed un aspetto porcellanaceo delle pareti ventricolari di sinistra. All'istologia tale ispessimento era causato da fibroelastosi diffusa dell'endocardio associata a marcata miocitolisi colliquativa del miocardio …
Ustioni da elettrobisturi: contributo casistico e considerazioni medico-legali
2016
[Electrosurgery burns: case series and medico-legal issues] In general and specialist surgical practice the use of the electrosurgical unit is consolidated for minimally invasive interventions, due to the ability to control the bleeding of the operative field and the interaction between the cutting and coagulative mechanisms. The authors take inspiration from four cases of personal observation, related to thermal injury produced by electrosurgery, to conduct a brief review of the literature on this issue and present some medical and legal aspects derived from their expert’s observation, in terms of healthcare liability. The authors underline the importance of an accurate knowledge of the pr…
An unusual fatal case of overdose of Vinblastine and review of literature
2017
The pharmacological treatment of neoplasia is based on the use of chemotherapeutic substances. Chemotherapeutic agents can cause acute and chronic toxicity even at therapeutic doses. For this reason their overdose puts a patientâs life at severe risk. This work presents an unusual fatal case of overdose subsequent to an accidental massive administration of Vinblastine (90Â mg instead of 9Â mg), slow bolus (five minutes), to a 33-year-old woman who suffered from Hodgkinâs Lymphoma. The administration of the massive dose was due to a transcription error of the therapeutic treatment plan and miscommunication between the health professionals which caused the use of the wrong dose. The foren…