https://doi.org/10.4081/ijwc.2023.101
Kennedy’s terminal ulcer and pressure injury: two different aspects of medical liability related to the same injury
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Recent case law shows disadvantageous legal disputes with a major defeat due to negligence in treating pressure ulcers, even when they are wrongly-diagnosed terminal lesions, such as Kennedy’s terminal ulcer, and, therefore, untreatable illnesses that do not imply medical liability. The authors examine both the recent case law, based on deaths that occurred in the last 15 years, and linked, even partially, to pressure injury, and medical records, underlining the differences between these two injuries and focusing on the possible forms of medical liability and current judicial trends.
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Garcea, R., & Savelli, P. (2023). Kennedy’s terminal ulcer and pressure injury: two different aspects of medical liability related to the same injury. Italian Journal of Wound Care, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ijwc.2023.101
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