Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 11
Letter
Bariatric endoscopy, care-curative medicine and legal conflicts. Spanish Bariatric Endoscopy Group (Gettemo-SEED) Positioning

652-653

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9476/2023

Eduardo Espinet Coll, Román Turró Arau, Javier Nebreda Durán, Andrés J. del Pozo-García, José Miguel Esteban López-Jamar, Carlos Dolz Abadía, Manoel Galvao Neto, Francesc Espinet Coll,

Abstract
Bariatric endoscopy treats obesity as a disease, in addition to its multiple associated comorbidities, so it should be considered in the "care-curative" field and not as "satisfying, voluntary or outcoming" medicine. Insufficient weight loss cases, or complications may occur. This, in parallel with the greater diffusion of these techniques, results an increase in the risk of complaints and judicial claims, which will presumably grow during next years. In this sense, we consider that all Bariatric Endoscopic Units working with medical-scientific rigor, must be able to be accredited and have legal support by the Scientific Societies. We propose to create a Medical-Legal Advisory Committee, composed of a medical team and a specialized law firm, which allows advising and guiding the endoscopist when incurring in a conflict.
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Espinet Coll E, Turró Arau R, Nebreda Durán J, del Pozo-García A, Esteban López-Jamar J, Dolz Abadía C, et all. Bariatric endoscopy, care-curative medicine and legal conflicts. Spanish Bariatric Endoscopy Group (Gettemo-SEED) Positioning. 9476/2023


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Received: 15/01/2023

Accepted: 21/01/2023

Online First: 31/01/2023

Published: 13/11/2023

Article Online First time: 16 days

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