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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Focus on Liability of Residences for Elderly and Sick People: A Case Series and Medico-Legal Issues.

Tommaso D'Anna, Antonina Argo, Giuseppe Davide Albano, Maria Puntarello, Chiara Rizzo, Daniela Guadagnino, Stefania Zerbo

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Tommaso D'AnnaPoliclinic Hospital, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Antonina ArgoDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9964-0184
Giuseppe Davide AlbanoDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9636-572X
Maria PuntarelloDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3094-5908
Chiara RizzoDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Daniela GuadagninoDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5610-6099
Stefania ZerboDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Residences for elderly and sick people, self-sufficient or dependent, are varied. To date, the liability profiles of these structures are not clearly delineated, and increasingly often, their operating and organization criteria are entrusted to subnational, regional, or local regulations. Among the various deficits, there is the keeping of a complete and detailed documentation/diary of the patient, the lack of which can generate medico-legal problems. In this paper, we present three cases of guests in residences for a dependent person brought to the attention of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University Hospital of Palermo due to criminal proceedings, where the lack of existing documentation in the structure and, in some cases, the behavior of the professionals working there, led the evaluator to deduce the organization's culpability.

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disabilityelderly people residenceguidelineshealthcare liabilitymedical liabilitymedico-legal issuesmissed caresocial–health management

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PMID36833073
PMCPMC9956670

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