The doctors responsibility to inform the patient of medical risks and its effect in denying medical responsibility

الملخص

This paper dealt with the issue of The doctors responsibility to inform the patient of medical risks and its effect in denying medical responsibility here, at which we dealt with the nature of the doctors responsibility in informing the patient about medical risks in the first part of it, then we shed the lights on the medical responsibility and its role in inducing the doctor to inform the patient and acknowledge him, the statement of problem stated the sufficiently of legal articles here in terms of doctors responsibility to inform the patient of medical risks and its effect in denying medical responsibility here, at the same time there was a discussion of the reason behind this was sufficient to be regarded as a prosecution or a legitimate cause that the doctor can rely on in freeing himself from any medical responsibility in the case of any health complications for the patient after that, the findings showed that doctors responsibility for informing the patient about risks of the medical measures taken is regarded as one of the major responsibilities of the doctor according to medicine ethics and legislations, and his commitment to it doesn’t make exempt him from any medical responsibility based on the occurrence of any medical negligence or underperformance.