Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications

The use of off-label medication, which has been frequently applied in oncology, also started to be used in ophthalmology recently; thus, the legal problems that the doctors can encounter more often come up to be a topic of discussion. According to the drug administration guidelines released by the...

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Main Author: Erdal Yüzbaşıoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2012-03-01
Series:Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_2142/Legal-Responsibility-Of-Doctor-Regarding-Off-label-Drug-Applications
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spelling doaj-0396191801664c75810fd92a48664fe32020-11-25T01:00:34ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Oftalmoloji Dergisi1300-06592147-26612012-03-0142213513810.4274/tjo.42.85856Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug ApplicationsErdal Yüzbaşıoğlu0İstanbul Bilim Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, TürkiyeThe use of off-label medication, which has been frequently applied in oncology, also started to be used in ophthalmology recently; thus, the legal problems that the doctors can encounter more often come up to be a topic of discussion. According to the drug administration guidelines released by the Ministry of Health, off-label medication depends on certain conditions, and applications other than these will be accepted as an experiment on humans according to the law No 5237 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCC). The aim of this study was to clarify this issue in accordance with the justification of TCC/90. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2012; 42: 135-8)http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_2142/Legal-Responsibility-Of-Doctor-Regarding-Off-label-Drug-ApplicationsOff-label druglegal responsibility of doctormalpractices
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Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
Off-label drug
legal responsibility of doctor
malpractices
author_facet Erdal Yüzbaşıoğlu
author_sort Erdal Yüzbaşıoğlu
title Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications
title_short Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications
title_full Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications
title_fullStr Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications
title_full_unstemmed Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications
title_sort legal responsibility of doctor regarding off-label drug applications
publisher Galenos Yayinevi
series Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
issn 1300-0659
2147-2661
publishDate 2012-03-01
description The use of off-label medication, which has been frequently applied in oncology, also started to be used in ophthalmology recently; thus, the legal problems that the doctors can encounter more often come up to be a topic of discussion. According to the drug administration guidelines released by the Ministry of Health, off-label medication depends on certain conditions, and applications other than these will be accepted as an experiment on humans according to the law No 5237 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCC). The aim of this study was to clarify this issue in accordance with the justification of TCC/90. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2012; 42: 135-8)
topic Off-label drug
legal responsibility of doctor
malpractices
url http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_2142/Legal-Responsibility-Of-Doctor-Regarding-Off-label-Drug-Applications
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