A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Medico-Legal Aspects in Care of Cancer Patient Among Nurses Employed in Selected Hospitals of Pune City.

Abstract

Introduction: A medico-legal case (MLC) applies to any case of injury or medical condition in which law enforcement agencies seek to investigate and fix the responsibility regarding the said injury or medical condition. From a physician’s perspective, a MLC is a medical or clinical case with legal implications.

The present study title: “A study to assess the knowledge regarding medico-legal aspects in care of Cancer patient among Nurses employed in selected Hospitals of Pune city.”

Material and Methods: In present study, researcher adopted descriptive research design. It was carried out on 100 samples. The Non probability purposive sampling technique method was used to data was collected using demographic profile and self-structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done mainly using descriptive statistics.

Result: Result revealed that knowledge related to medico-legal aspects in care of Cancer patient of nurses was that the majority 52 % had average knowledge, 23 % had poor knowledge and 25% had good knowledge. The mean score was 10.66 & S.D was 3.09.

 Conclusion: The nurses need to increase their overall knowledge regarding the medio-legal aspects while caring for any patient, which will help her day to day practice.