{"id":27165,"date":"2026-07-02T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=27165"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:29:59","slug":"judicial-approach-medical-negligence-causation-root-cause-analysis-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/judicial-approach-medical-negligence-causation-root-cause-analysis-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Assigning Cause of Death in Health Care: From Association to Causation: Post-Caesarean Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Judicial proceedings in health care\u2013related deaths often rely on the legal fiction of proximity and probability, equating association with causation. While this reasoning may suffice in consumer disputes, its application in medical homicide cases raises concerns about fairness, scientific rigour, and the protection of both patients and practitioners.<\/p>

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