The Burden of Proving Medical Error in the General Rules and Trends of Modern Jurisprudence and the Judiciary

Abstract

If the patient were to get an appropriate compensation because of the

harm caused by wrong medical actions, he should give clear evidence of

the doctor’s error that breach him because he did not fulfill his obligations

and commitments imposed by his profession. Therefore, it is clear that in the

absence of a special law for medical responsibility and due to difficulties and

agonies facing the patient because he may lose his case in courts, and thus

the loss of his money. These factors show the importance of the intervention

of jurisprudence in an attempt to alleviate this burden through practical

solutions in the framework of general rules so as to ensure that the patient

who suffered will be compensated for any medical error.