What are the legal and ethical implications of changing a medical record?
Legal: it's considered fraud and will land you in serious trouble
Ethical: it depends, but in most cases I would consider it unethical.What are the legal and ethical implications of changing a medical record?
Changing a medical record can be a very serious offense. As was said it is definitely fraud. If a doctor does it they can lose there license, and my not be able to practice medicine. If a non doctor does it im sure the authorities can file charges. Changing a medical record is not something to play with. Insurance companies can get involved as well as the law. Either way there is no positive outcome from it. Ethically, it is wrong, for obvious reasons. Honesty is always the best answer.
