English

Abstract

In these modern days of increased awareness of knowledge at the tip of finger by a click, there is increasing litigation on doctors and widening of gap between patient and doctor relationships. Also the tendency of public to fall onto hype and hungama created by mass media of such news of such events fashioned every time to make it attractive and more boisterous to increase their ratings and popularity, without minding the affects they would create among the general public and the doctor’s community. And in many instances the general public demanding an early quick and complete remedy to all medical ailments irrespective of stage of disease are posing dangerous situation to patient doctor’s relationships leading to rapidly raising of number of medical negligence cases against the doctor. In present scenario doctor cannot be sure enough that they will never be threatened with an action for negligence, particularly by urbanities mainly amongst educated and affluent classes, as they are health conscious and aware of defects in medical managements. Patients are ready to sue even though they had received excellent care and needed treatment to do best for patient in a good faith and belief.