Current Status of Knowledge and Awareness of Doctors Regarding Medicolegal  Work

Muhammad Asif Mughal; Usman shahid butt; Shaiqa Ramzan; Rehana Mushtaq; zanib Ahsan; Hadiqa Iftikhar

doi:10.51273/esc23.25131937

Authors

Muhammad Asif Mughal Sialkot medical college
Usman Shahid Butt
Shaiqa Ramzan
Rehana Mushtaq
Zanib Ahsan
Hadiqa Iftikhar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51273/esc23.25131937

Keywords:

Medical ethics, consent, Isqat i hammal, Isqat i janien, Postmortem Lividity

Abstract

Objective: To get information about knowledge of doctors in the field of forensic medicine.
Method: It was a cross sectional study. Convenience sampling technique was adopted. Study duration was 2 months and 10 days i.e., 6th May to 16th July 2023. Sample size was 200. Study centre was Sialkot medical college, Sialkot. A questionnaire containing 18 questions from different parts of forensic medicine was distributed to 200 doctors through e mail. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 25. It was presented in table form.
Results: All doctors replied. Knowledge related to medical ethics was 100%. Law related issues had least knowledge. Eagerness to go in this field was only 22%.
Conclusion: Most of the doctors are reluctant to choose forensic medicine as their future field. Overall knowledge was not good enough. It needs to be motivated and induce eagerness in this field by explaining the importance of this subject to the students and graduates of medicine.

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