The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) is one of three major medical defence organisations (MDOs) in the UK and offers

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and expert medico-legal and dento-legal advice for doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals throughout the

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. MDDUS is a mutual organisation and was founded in 1902. It is recognised by the UK's

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. At the

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, the MDDUS offers the "Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland Prize for Medical Jurisprudence" annually.

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