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The Defensive Effect of Medical Practice Policies in Malpractice Litigation [PDF]
, 1991 The theoretical prospects for medical practice policies to reform malpractice law by giving conclusive defensive effect to medical custom were studied.
Hall, Mark A.
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Social services for the elderly are becoming increasingly important in societies where the elderly population is growing and requires specific attention to ensure their well‐being. Within these services, nursing homes play a key role, and it is therefore vital to ensure efficient management with an assessment according to their characteristics,
Georgina Solaz‐Moreno +2 more
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Causes of Health Providers’ Malpractices in Records Referred to Forensic Medicine Organization in Yazd [PDF]
Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2023 Background: Despite technical advances in medical diagnosis and treatment, the malpractice of health providers has increased, which can lead to a decrease in people's trust.
Fatemehalsadat Hosseini Baghdadabad +3 more
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Administrative Compensation for Medical Injuries: Lessons From Three Foreign Systems [PDF]
, 2011 Examines "no-fault" systems in New Zealand, Sweden, and Denmark, in which patients injured by medical negligence can file for compensation through governmental or private adjudicating organizations. Considers lessons for U.S.
Allen Kachalia +2 more
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corruption is a major problem that undermines the foundations of democracy and reduces citizens' trust in institutions. However, even in the world's most advanced countries, citizens accept certain levels of corruption. This tolerance towards corruption (TC) reduces the impact of anti‐corruption actions and ends up giving a patina of normality
Begoña Alvarez‐García +3 more
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Practice Guidelines as Legal Standards Governing Physician Liability [PDF]
, 1991 The utility of medical practice guidelines in the law of medical malpractice was studied. Contrary to the views of most physicians and policy makers, practice guidelines should be allowed to evolve in a pluralistic ...
Havighurst, Clark C.
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article challenges the claim that conscientious refusal and conscientious provision in healthcare are mutually exclusive and thus asymmetrical. While US law protects healthcare providers who refuse to perform medical services on moral or religious grounds, it offers no equivalent protections to those who feel morally compelled to provide ...
Tzofit Ofengenden
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Resolving Malpractice Disputes: Imaging the Jury’s Shadow [PDF]
, 1991 The ability of juries to resolve malpractice suits was studied. Results showed that most of the time, jury outcomes represent a fair resolution of the claim, but the risk that the result will not be fair is real and ...
Bergman, Kristoffer, Ekström, Jonatan
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Health Professionals' Attitudes to Maternal Request for Caesarean Birth: A Scoping Review
Birth, EarlyView.Health professionals' attitudes to maternal request for caesarean birth: a scoping review. ABSTRACT Background Caesarean birth rates are rising worldwide, and projections show that by 2030, 28.5% of women worldwide (or 38 million) will give birth by caesarean delivery.
Carol Guinan, Walsh Aisling
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‘Gold, guns & goons’: the complexity of electoral irregularities in Nigeria, 1999-2007 [PDF]
, 2010 Electoral irregularities have become an irritant but inseparable aspect of democratic development in several countries of the world. From the US Florida electoral crisis of 2000 to the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004/2005, which was staged to ...
Osiki, Omon Merry
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