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Information and approaches of emergency department physicians in the Cappadocia region regarding the preparation of forensic reports
Aims: Forensic reports; these are physician’s opinion and opinion reports, which are mostly prepared by emergency room physicians regarding the medical conditions of people and reported to the judicial authorities. In this study; it was aimed to examine the attitudes and behaviors of emergency physicians working in the Cappadocia region regarding the preparation of forensic reports.
Methods: This cross-sectional study; it was conducted with a survey applied to 73 emergency physicians working in Nevşehir city center and districts. The data was created based on the answers given to this survey form.
Results: The majority of physicians participating in the study are general practitioners (87.7%). The average length of service of the participants is 2.3 1.1 years. Most physicians reported that the forensic medicine training they received was insufficient (75.3%). Survey answers of the participants; They were compared in terms of their titles, length of service and forensic medicine training.
Conclusion: Regular in-service training should be provided at intervals so that more appropriate forensic reports can be kept and physicians can have more information about the legal part of forensic reports.


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