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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| 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) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0396191801664c75810fd92a48664fe32023-02-15T16:16:04ZengGalenos 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 |
| spellingShingle | Erdal Yüzbaşıoğlu Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi Off-label drug legal responsibility of doctor malpractices |
| title | Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications |
| title_full | Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications |
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| title_short | Legal Responsibility of Doctor Regarding off-label Drug Applications |
| title_sort | legal responsibility of doctor regarding off label drug applications |
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