[Correlation between defects in medical care and data of causal analysis]. / Vzaimosvyaz' mezhdu defektami meditsinskoi pomoshchi i dannymi prichinno-sledstvennogo analiza.

The article is devoted to the current legal responsibility of medical staff. It is noted that this issue has not been sufficiently studied and requires further research. The article identifies an attempt to assess statistically significant correlation between defects of medical care provision and data of causal analysis as a research task. The practical experience on 215 conclusions of commission forensic medical examinations, in which doctors of surgical specialties were considered on «medical cases¼, has been summarized. A high statistically significant correlation between defects in treatment, diagnosis, organization of medical care, management of medical records and data of causal relationship has been established on the basis of performed scientific researches. The idea that, despite possible subjectivism, the causal relationship is confirmed by factual data on revealed defects in medical care obtained from the study, has been proven.