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Trust and distrust between patient and doctor [PDF]

, 2015
This work was supported by a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme TrustTo trust someone is to have expectations of their behaviour; distrust often involves disappointed expectations. But healthy trust and distrust require a good understanding of
Appelbaum, Baier, Fritz, Hawley, Hayes, Johnsson, McLeod, Nickel, Rogers, Widdows   +9 more
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Defensive medicine in the emergency department. The clinicians’ perspective

Emergency Care Journal, 2016
The overuse of medical services is regarded as a growing problem in Western countries, accounting for up to 30% of all delivered care, and carrying a higher risk of morbidity and mortality.
Gianfranco Cervellin, Mario Cavazza
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Investigating the defensive medical practices of the physicians working in the city center of Malatya

Medicine Science, 2017
With this study, we aimed to determine the defensive medical practices of the physicians of different academic title and seniority, who are performing their duty in MalatyaAfter the approval from the ethical committee had been received, our study was ...
Burak Mete, Erkay Nacar, Cigdem Tekin, Ertan Unver, Gulsen Gunes   +4 more
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A no-win situation: psychiatrists navigating competing obligations between free will, paternalism, duty of care, and position of guarantee

Mental Wellness, 2023
This paper examines the ethical tensions psychiatrists encounter in balancing competing obligations to patients and society, heightened in the COVID-19 era.
Pasquale Scognamiglio, Valeria Iniziato, Silvestro La Pia, Vassilis Martiadis   +3 more
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Defensive Medicine: Is It Legitimate or Immoral?

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2019
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Pramod Kattel
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An Evaluation of Risk Attitudes and Risk Tolerance in Emergency Medicine Residents [PDF]

, 2016
An underlying issue to our current healthcare system is how decisions made in the emergency department affect patients. This is paramount for underserved populations, which are more likely to have poor physical and mental health, lack of primary care ...
Papanagnou, MD, Dimitrios, Rahman, Nishad A.   +1 more
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Limited effect of patient and disease characteristics on compliance with hospital antimicrobial guidelines [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: Physicians frequently deviate from guidelines that promote prudent use of antimicrobials. We explored to what extent patient and disease characteristics were associated with compliance with guideline recommendations for three common infections.
A Alvarez, DJ McCaig, DT Bearden, EH Ibrahim, EM Brown, European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System, Flora M. Haaijer-Ruskamp, GL Mandell, IC Gyssens, IM Gould, J Avorn, J Cobo, J Gans de, J Hatton, JG Bartlett, John E. Degener, JW Warren, Marian Laseur, ME Kasteren van, ME Kasteren van, Peter G. M. Mol, Petra Denig, PGM Mol, PGM Mol, PGM Mol, PP Cook, Prashant V. NannanPanday, R Grol, Rijk O. B. Gans, RJ Meyer, RP Wenzel, SE Buijk, SJ Atlas, SL Bronzwaer, W Kasje, WA Knaus, WE Stamm   +36 more
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Triggers of defensive medical behaviours: a cross-sectional study among physicians in the Netherlands

BMJ Open, 2019
ObjectivesThis study investigated whether the attitudes of physicians towards justified and unjustified litigation, and their perception of patient pressure in demanding care, influence their use of defensive medical behaviours.DesignCross-sectional ...
Kees Ahaus, Erik Renkema, Manda Broekhuis, Maria Tims   +3 more
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“Second victims” in Covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study among medical doctors of the Catanzaro Hospital

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Medical errors are a serious public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused further stress to doctors with the increase in patient mortality, the lack of definite guideline and growing work demands. In this scenario, the patient is
A. Zibetti, C. Scalise, M.A. Sacco, P. Ricci, I. Aquila   +4 more
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When intra-partum electronic fetal monitoring becomes court business [PDF]

, 2015
Sadly but inevitably, the clinical fruit of all scientific research, like the profile of the Roman god Janus, presents us with two faces - one is patient benefit while the other is medico-legal vulnerability.
Buttigieg, George Gregory
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