[Teaching the legal aspects of medical practice to medical students in Puerto Rico]. / La enseñanza de los aspectos legales de la práctica médica a los estudiantes de medicina en Puerto Rico.

Challenges and changes facing modern medicine make it imperative that physicians acquire knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework of medical practice. Despite the importance of this issue, the curriculum in most medical schools do not include courses that offer medical students the necessary information about their legal duties to practice medicine. The trend should be to offer such courses in medical schools and medical residency programs.