Clinical Practice Guidelines: An Opinion of the Legal Implication to Veterinary Medicine

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/8/577" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/8/577</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9080577" target="_blank" >10.3390/ani9080577</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Clinical Practice Guidelines: An Opinion of the Legal Implication to Veterinary Medicine

Original language description

Simple Summary With the changing nature of the bond between humans and animals over the past decades, society has higher expectations for veterinary profession services and considers damages in veterinary malpractice and liability cases more carefully. In veterinary malpractice litigation, standards of care expressed in guideline statements could influence the civil and penal courts in the decision-making process. Based on these considerations, the authors examine the importance of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in veterinary malpractice litigation involving quality of care and explore how the law may treat CPGs in the future. The strengthening of the bond between humans and animals has changed the landscape of the veterinary profession. This has, in turn, led the legal system to assess damages in veterinary malpractice and liability cases more carefully, paying attention to the possibility of using clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to prove whether the defendant veterinarian contravened or not the standard of care. In this era of evidence-based veterinary medicine, CPGs are becoming an integral part of many aspects of veterinary practice, even if CPGs do not have the force of law and are situated halfway between ethical rules and legal requirements. Although guidelines have been used for several years, there seems to be a general lack of recognition of the medical and legal ramifications of CPGs for veterinarians. This creates ambiguity and inconsistency in the care that veterinary practitioners provide, compromises the care animals receive, and prevents the courts from assessing veterinarian competence in a systematic and rational way. On the basis of these considerations, this article discusses the legal implications of CPGs in veterinary medicine for dogs and cats and explores how the law may treat CPGs in the future. Redefining the CPGs should be a priority for veterinary profession. NOTE: The authors chose to use the terms &quot;companion animal,&quot; &quot;pet,&quot; and &quot;small animal&quot; interchangeably throughout this article, as all three are commonly in use and refer to the same animals (dogs and cats).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Animals

ISSN

2076-2615

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000483726700103

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85072107065