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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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Medical negligence liability under the consumer protection act: A review of judicial perspective
SV Joga Rao
Formerly Additional Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
S V Joga Rao
M/s. Legalexcel, "SRIPADA", Bhagawathi Vekkaliamma Temple Street, Ullal, Bangalore University Post, Bangalore - 560 056
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.56205
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It is important to know what constitutes medical negligence. A doctor owes certain duties to the patient who consults him for illness. A deficiency in this duty results in negligence. A basic knowledge of how medical negligence is adjudicated in the various judicial courts of India will help a doctor to practice his profession without undue worry about facing litigation for alleged medical negligence. |
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