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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 98-104 |
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Legal aspect of medical practice: A sojourn
Rajesh Harsvardhan1, Rishabh Kumar2, Ayush Mehrotra3
1 Head, Department of Hospital Administration, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Advocate, High Court, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Resident Administrator, Department of Hospital Administration, Dr. RMLIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Rajesh Harsvardhan
Department of Hospital Administration, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jigims.jigims_35_22
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The Consumer Protection Act (CPA), 1986 evolving over the strands of time by legal and judicial proceedings has given the consumers of healthcare services a legal recourse to air their grievances. Although it is important to punish guilty medical professionals, it is also equally important to protect medical professionals who act in good faith from harassment. Hence, courts need to strike a perfect balancing act.
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