What is Medical Negligence and How to Avoid Medical Negligence

Medical negligence is any harm caused due to negligent behaviour by any of the medical fraternity. Medical negligence can be either due to the doctor or the patient - doctors in hurry to treat many patients might miss some questions important for a diagnosis while patients may not reveal some important aspects regarding their health thinking those aspects may be less important. There-fore, a detailed history, thorough physical examination and getting investigations done when necessary may help in decreasing medical negligence. Few important points which all the doctors should keep in mind in day to day lives are given at the end.