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Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2023
The tenets of a lawsuit are a deviation from the applicable standard of care that caused an injury. Elements must be addressed, including duty of care, deviation or breach of the duty to care, evidence the breach caused injury, and the identification of associated damages.
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Medical Malpractice

New England Journal of Medicine, 1975
Medical liability insurance is in a state of emergency brough on by escalating premiums or withdrawal of insurance companies from the market. Solutions, supported by legislation, must be sought for the sake of both patient and physician. As a temporary method of correction joint underwriting associations appear to be the most practical suggestion. Long-
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UROLOGICAL MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Journal of Urology, 2001
Like all other medical and surgical practitioners, urologists are occasionally confronted with the unpleasant realization that they are being sued for medical malpractice. These suits are generated through any number of acts or failures to act during innumerable circumstances.
S E, Kahan   +3 more
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Medical Malpractice Problem

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1979
The medical malpractice problem is extremely complex and is perceived very differently by health care pro viders, patients, and other segments of society. As a widely recognized problem, it is of relatively recent origin. Its poten tial societal consequences include disruption of health serv ices, waste and maldistribution of economic and human re ...
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Abandoning medical malpractice

Journal of Legal Medicine, 1984
(1984). Abandoning medical malpractice. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 549-594.
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE | Psychology

2005
Psychologists who are members of their national society are bound by the rules of conduct of that society and are required to be licensed to practice by either a regulatory or other body. Core principles that psychologists should be aware of and which tend to form the framework of their associations or societies concern questions of competence, the ...
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Medical Malpractice: Radiotherapy

2005
An accurate diagnosis and careful planning of treatment will optimize radiotherapy and reduce the risk of harmful effects. Improvements in equipment and techniques have reduced the likelihood of harm. Careful checking by at least two qualified staff usually identifies any potential errors.
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Medical Malpractice: Anesthesiology

2005
In this chapter the processes involved in the practice of anesthesia and the associated common adverse events are described. Anesthesia is the discipline of pain relief. Pain may result from many different causes but the nonanesthetist immediately links the anesthesiologist with the relief of pain during surgery.
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE | Neurosurgery

2005
Neurosurgery is undoubtedly a high-risk surgical discipline, but shares with other branches of medicine a number of common medicolegal problems. It also has a number of problems peculiar to itself. This chapter will deal with malpractice in its broadest sense and outline those areas where medicolegal problems may develop in neurosurgical practice and ...
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Medical Malpractice

2014
MM first came to the attention of policy makers primarily in the USA where, from the 1970s, healthcare providers denounced problems in getting insurance for medical liability, pointing out to a crisis in the MM insurance market (Sage WM (2003) Understanding the first malpractice crisis of the 21th century.
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