Information and approaches of emergency department physicians in the Cappadocia region regarding the preparation of forensic reports-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Information and approaches of emergency department physicians in the Cappadocia region regarding the preparation of forensic reports

Published:2024-01-15 Issue:1 Volume:6 Page:6-10
ISSN:2718-0115
Container-title:Anatolian Current Medical Journal
language:
Short-container-title:

Author:

YAKAR Şule¹^ORCID,BAYKAN Necmi²^ORCID,İPEKTEN Funda³^ORCID,ÇAKIR Yunus Emre⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Emergency Department, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

2. Kayseri Şehir Hastanesi

3. Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Adıyaman University School of Medicine, Adıyaman, Turkey

4. Nevşehir Forensic Medicine Branch Directorate, Nevşehir, Turkey

Abstract

Aims: Forensic reports; these are physician’s opinion and opinion reports, which are mostly prepared by emergency room physicians regarding the medical conditions of people and reported to the judicial authorities. In this study; it was aimed to examine the attitudes and behaviors of emergency physicians working in the Cappadocia region regarding the preparation of forensic reports. Methods: This cross-sectional study; it was conducted with a survey applied to 73 emergency physicians working in Nevşehir city center and districts. The data was created based on the answers given to this survey form. Results: The majority of physicians participating in the study are general practitioners (87.7%). The average length of service of the participants is 2.3 1.1 years. Most physicians reported that the forensic medicine training they received was insufficient (75.3%). Survey answers of the participants; They were compared in terms of their titles, length of service and forensic medicine training. Conclusion: Regular in-service training should be provided at intervals so that more appropriate forensic reports can be kept and physicians can have more information about the legal part of forensic reports.

Publisher

Anatolian Current Medical Journal

Reference20 articles.

1. Karasu M, Baransel, Isır A, Aydın N, Dülger E. Assessing the forensic reports documented by Forensic Medicine Department of Medicine Faculty of Gaziantep University between 1998 and 2005 years. Eur J Therapeutics. 2009;15(1):10-15.

2. Terece C, Kocak AO, Soğukpınar VO, Gürpınar K, Aslıdük H. Evaluation of forensic reports issued in emergency departments and comparison with reports issued by the council of forensic medicine. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2022;28(2):140-146.

3. Tıraşçı Y, Durmaz U, Altınal A, et al. Retrospective evaluation of forensic reports prepared by dicle university forensic medicine department between 2012 and 2015. Dicle Med J. 2016;43(3):424-430.

4. Beyaztaş YF. Physician responsibility regarding forensic report. Anadolu Psikiyatr Derg. 2000;1(4):231-234.

5. Türkmen N, Akgöz S, Çoltu A, Ergin N. Evaluation of forensic cases admitted to uludağ university faculty of medicine emergency department. Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine J. 2005;31(1):25-29.