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From Criminal Liability to Patient Safety: The Possible Impact of the Italian 2025 Reform Proposal on Senior Healthcare Leadership and Clinical Risk Management

  • Sandro La Micela,
  • Gloria Stevanin,
  • Anna Pancheri,
  • Camilla Faes and ,
  • Annamaria Bonetti,
  • Silvia Atti,
  • Ilaria Tocco Tussardi and
  • Stefano Tardivo
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This article analyses the Italian Legislative Delegation Bill of 4 September 2025 (DDL 2025), which proposes the recontextualization of healthcare liability through the introduction of Article 590-septies into the Italian Criminal Code (c.p.) and the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Continuous Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Healthcare)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,718 Views
14 Pages

A Fifteen-Year Survey for Orthopedic Malpractice Claims in the Criminal Court of Rome

  • Camilla Bernardinangeli,
  • Carolina Giannace,
  • Simone Cerciello,
  • Vincenzo M. Grassi and ,
  • Maria Lodise,
  • Giuseppe Vetrugno and
  • Fabio De-Giorgio
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The number of legal disputes in the field of medical liability has increased exponentially in the last decades. The aim of this study is to investigate the outcomes of criminal cases against healthcare professionals in Italian criminal courts. The hy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Old Issues and New Challenges in Forensic and Legal Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,417 Views
11 Pages

Medical Professional Liability in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Pilot Study of Criminal Proceedings in the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Rome

  • Eva Bergamin,
  • Annamaria Fiorillo,
  • Vincenzo M. Grassi,
  • Maria Lodise and ,
  • Giuseppe Vetrugno and
  • Fabio De-Giorgio
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Criminal trials and claims against physicians for malpractice-related damages have increased dramatically in recent years, and, with Obstetrics and Gynecology being one of the medical specialties that is at the highest risk, we carried out a retrospe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Old Issues and New Challenges in Forensic and Legal Medicine)