Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
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The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland is one of three major medical defence organisations (MDOs) in the UK and offers professional indemnity and expert medico-legal and dento-legal advice for doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals throughout the United Kingdom
. MDDUS is a mutual organisation and was founded in 1902. It is recognised by the UK's General Medical Council
http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/information_for_doctors/medical_defense_organisations.asp.
Competitors include Premium Medical Protection, or PMP, the Medical Protection Society
, or MPS, and the Medical Defence Union
, or MDU.
At the University of Glasgow
, the MDDUS offers the prestigious "Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland Prize for Medical Jurisprudence" annually http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/award/?id=638
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. MDDUS is a mutual organisation and was founded in 1902. It is recognised by the UK's General Medical Council
General Medical Council
The General Medical Council registers and regulates doctors practising in the United Kingdom. It has the power to revoke or restrict a doctor's registration if it deems them unfit to practise...
http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/information_for_doctors/medical_defense_organisations.asp.
Competitors include Premium Medical Protection, or PMP, the Medical Protection Society
Medical Protection Society
The Medical Protection Society is a not for profit organisation which offers legal and ethical help to medical and dental professionals...
, or MPS, and the Medical Defence Union
Medical Defence Union
The Medical Defence Union is the largest medical defence union in the United Kingdom, and is one of three major medical defence organisations in the country.The MDU was established in 1885 and was the first of its kind in the world...
, or MDU.
At the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, the MDDUS offers the prestigious "Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland Prize for Medical Jurisprudence" annually http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/award/?id=638