{"title":"Data de inmersión en cuerpos recuperados del agua en el norte de la Patagonia Argentina","authors":"G. Breglia, Marcelo H. Uzal, Jorge A. Herbstein","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.11.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reml.2022.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55111311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos García Caballero, Virginia González del Campo Rollán, M. A. Martínez González
{"title":"Intoxicación suicida por nitrito sódico: una peligrosa modalidad en Internet. A propósito de un caso","authors":"Carlos García Caballero, Virginia González del Campo Rollán, M. A. Martínez González","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.10.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reml.2022.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55110195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La odontología en la identificación de sucesos con víctimas múltiples","authors":"Aurora Valenzuela-Garach","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.11.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reml.2022.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55111336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mercedes Martínez-León, Jorge Feijoo Velaz, Daniel Queipo Burón, Camino Martínez-León
{"title":"Estudio médico legal de la Ley Orgánica de Regulación de la Eutanasia en España en comparación con el resto de los países que regulan la eutanasia y/o el suicidio asistido","authors":"Mercedes Martínez-León, Jorge Feijoo Velaz, Daniel Queipo Burón, Camino Martínez-León","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The regulation of euthanasia has been the subject of debate for years, from the fields of Medicine, Law and Bioethics, and therefore of Legal Medicine, in which these three disciplines converge. In the last thirty years we have experienced a process of decriminalization and regulation in different countries of the world. Currently euthanasia and/or assisted suicide are regulated in 7 countries: Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada, Colombia, New Zealand and Spain, as well as in 11 US states: Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico and the Federal District of Columbia / Washington D.C, and in 2 states of Australia: State of Victoria and Western Australia. In this review work we carry out a study on the most important aspects of the new law of the regulation of euthanasia in Spain compared to the rest of the countries in which they also have the regularization of euthanasia and / or assisted suicide.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"48 4","pages":"Pages 166-174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Silvia Cristina Triverio , Manuel Crespillo Márquez
{"title":"La necesidad del intercambio transfronterizo de datos genéticos con fines de investigación criminal en América Latina: retos para su implementación","authors":"Silvia Cristina Triverio , Manuel Crespillo Márquez","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>DNA databases for criminal investigation purposes, constitute a tool of indisputable utility in the investigation of criminal acts.</p><p>In the countries of Latin America there is a progressive advance in the implementation of databases for forensic use. The existing legislation is limited, and it is also heterogeneous both with respect to the crimes included and the procedural situation of the individuals whose DNA is subject to registration. Most of them do not require the accreditation of the forensic laboratories under the ISO 17025 standard. Existing DNA databases currently lack a standard communication regime.</p><p>The establishment of a system of consultation and exchange of genetic data in support of national criminal systems and the prosecution of crimes at the international level, demands cooperation agreements, for which, those implemented in the European Union since 1992, perfected with the decision of Prüm, constitute a valuable reference.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"48 4","pages":"Pages 158-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47093437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aina M. Gassó , Carles Martin-Fumadó , Esperanza L. Gómez-Durán
{"title":"Tesis doctorales en psicología forense en España","authors":"Aina M. Gassó , Carles Martin-Fumadó , Esperanza L. Gómez-Durán","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"48 4","pages":"Pages 175-176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55110069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mónica Hernández-Herrero , Joaquin Cayón-De Las Cuevas
{"title":"Judicialización en cardiología y cirugía cardiovascular: estudio observacional transversal en materia de responsabilidad patrimonial en la sanidad pública española","authors":"Mónica Hernández-Herrero , Joaquin Cayón-De Las Cuevas","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Introduction: The overestimation by physicians of the risk of a lawsuit has, among other consequences, the stepped-up of defensive medicine. To analyze the characteristics of medical liability rulings in Spain in public health care in the specialties of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.</p><p>Materials and methods: Cross-sectional observational study analyzing the rulings handed down in the contentious-administrative jurisdiction by the High Courts of Justice in the period 2008-2020, in the specialties of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery. The variables were administrative, clinical, judicial, and compensatory.</p><p>Results: A total of 1015 rulings were analyzed; 47 (4.63%) involved to the specialties of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery. Both obtained similar frequency percentages, cardiology 22 (2.2%) and cardiovascular surgery 25 (2.5 %). A total of 74.1 % of the rulings were dismissed in the first instance and 75% in the second instance. The two grounds for finding against the defendent were loss of chance 6 (42.85%) and diagnostic and/or therapeutic malpractice 5 (35.71%). Damages were usually claimed: death 21 (44.68%) and sequelae 26 (55.32%). The median award was 30,000 euros.</p><p>Conclusions: The low frequency of claims in cardiology and cardiovascular surgery indicates that these are “low risk” specialties for litigation. The vast majority of the rulings are, moreover, dismissive of the patients' claims. The data help to structure the role of lawsuits and to increase professionals' knowledge of the medical-legal dimension of health care.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"48 4","pages":"Pages 136-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacobo Salvat Dávila , Juan Salvat Puig , Jesús María Gonçalves Estella , Secundino Vicente González
{"title":"Estado de la información médica y el consentimiento del paciente en cirugía ortopédica y traumatología en el Hospital Universitario de Burgos (periodo 2017-2018)","authors":"Jacobo Salvat Dávila , Juan Salvat Puig , Jesús María Gonçalves Estella , Secundino Vicente González","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2022.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The principle of autonomy is the basis of the informed consent concept. Informed consent is a patient´s right consisting in prior to the medical intervention being carried out on his body, he must express his agreement that it must be preceded by the proper information that allows him to decide according to his interests. In this work, our objective was to know the status of medical information and informed consent of the patient in the Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Service of the University Hospital of Burgos.</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>An anonymous questionnaire was prepared and distributed among 647 orthopedic surgery and trauma patients at the University Hospital of Burgos. Subsequently, a descriptive, cross-sectional, observational quantitative study was carried out. The association of sociodemographic variables with the responses to the questionnaire items was studied.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Only 28.9% of the patients know that information is a right, but the majority (97.3%) expressed the need to receive information on risks and complications of the treatment and consider that the information does not increase fear or anxiety (63.4%). The majority stated that they were informed about the care performance (98.1%), understanding the explanations received (98.0%). The time used was sufficient (73.7%). In general, the information received was rated as sufficient (89.8%).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Most of the patients felt informed and considered that the time that the doctor had had for this was sufficient.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"48 4","pages":"Pages 144-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48880345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martina Sánchez Gisbert , Marina Gisbert Grifo , Chirag C. Sheth
{"title":"Conocimiento sobre odontología legal y la normativa sanitaria por parte de los odontólogos y estomatólogos de la Comunidad Valenciana","authors":"Martina Sánchez Gisbert , Marina Gisbert Grifo , Chirag C. Sheth","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2021.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2021.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The main objective of this study is to analyze the knowledge of the dentists and stomatologists registered in Alicante, Castellón and Valencia, the three provinces that make up the Valencian Community, in Spain, with regard to legal dentistry and the current health legislation and regulations, and to quantify the relationship between level of training, specialization, work experience, position and workplace with the degree of knowledge.</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>An anonymous survey was designed and validated, consisting of thirty-three multiple-choice questions. The survey included questions regarding their professional profile and key questions regarding current dental law, forensic science and expertise.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The level of knowledge is moderate, with only 63% of the questions answered correctly. Neither their level of training nor work experience correlates significantly with their degree of knowledge. Dentists specialized in General and Aesthetics Dentistry were found to be more knowledgeable about ethical issues. Regarding the workplace, those working as university teachers tended to stand out from the other professionals in terms of legal and ethical knowledge whilst self-employed and employee dentists show a lower level of knowledge than the rest of the sample.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The conclusions obtained from this study highlight the need for dentists to complete and update their knowledge of legal dentistry and current health legislation, as having proper knowledge is a means of avoiding possible legal problems, which not only means better legal protection for the dentist but is also a means of guaranteeing adequate patient care.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"48 4","pages":"Pages 151-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55109107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}