Responsabilidad profesional en odontología y sus complicaciones legales en Guayaquil A-2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Professional responsibility is the obligation of the repair and response professional for damages caused as a result of voluntary or involuntary acts and omissions during the practice of their profession. In dentistry professional responsibility has its apex in patient care. The legal complication exists when one of the parties that in this case is the patient, believing that some of their protected legal assets have been injured, which in this case is health, makes the decision by bringing the facts to the authorities, which can set up a crime, which is going to investigate the authorities. Purpose: To determine if the dentists of Guayaquil have knowledge about the responsibilities in the dental practice and their possible legal complications. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional analytical study. Results: More than 60% have a MEDIUM - HIGH level of knowledge about their legal responsibilities, professional responsibility, elements of malpractice, difference between malpractice and iatrogenesis; More than 70% do NOT know about the crime of injury, criminal responsibility and 60% ALWAYS use informed consent and medical records. Conclusion: Dentists have little and in some cases null knowledge about their possible legal responsibility in cases of bad practice. The highest percentage of dentists understand the definition of certain terms, but ignore the responsibility that is generated by not applying ethical and legal concepts in our professional practice.