Medical and legal aspects of the responsibility of medical workers in cases of improper provision of medical care

The article considers the concept of medical incidents of «improper provision of medical care», implying the action or inaction of a medical worker who violates the procedure for providing medical care established by regulatory legal acts and standards. The relevance of the study of issues related to the medical and legal norms of holding medical workers accountable when medical care is of inadequate quality is due to the importance of understanding offenses in the medical field and assessing the responsibility of medical workers, who act as criteria for the presence of problems in the medical field and the impetus for reforming the health system.