A medical error: does law help or hinder.

Objective: Introduction: Health systems and health policies across the European Union are becoming more and more interconnected and also more complex. This increased interconnection raises many health policy issues, including health care quality. Mistakes in medical care can occur anywhere in the health care system - at hospitals, doctor's offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, or patients' homes - and in any part of the treatment process involving wrong medication, improper treatment, or incorrect or delayed test results.