Show malpractice in china the chinese penal code provides that when an unskillful physician in administering medicines or using the acupuncture needle proceeds contrary to the established forms and thereby causes the death of the patient the ma mastrata magistrate strata shall call in other physicians to exa examine mine the medicines or the wound if it appear that the injury lone done was unintentional the practitioner tit ioner shall then be treated accordia according to the statute for accidental homicides and shall not any longer be allowed to practice medicine but it if lie he have designedly sign edly departed from the established forms and have practiced deceit in hm hili attempts to cure the malady in order to gain property then according to its amount lie he shall bo be treated as a thief and it if death ensues from ills malpractice then for having thus used medicine with intent to kill hill lie shall be be bel headed leaded there appears to be nothing in the celestial code answering to the laws of 0 barbarian nations concerning civil damages recoverable by parties made to suiter suffer from unintentional malpractice chicago news |