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The Shame of Medical Malpractice

Journal of Legal Medicine, 2006
Much of the rhetoric surrounding medical malpractice reform claims to address the unfairness of the current system.
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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 in Sweden

New England Journal of Medicine, 1976
OVER the past five years, there has been a steady rise in malpractice complaints from Swedish patients and this trend is expected to continue. There are three ways in which a Swedish patient can formally make a complaint and seek compensation for injury.
William J. Curran, Egon Jonsson, Duncan Neuhauser   +2 more
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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 in the Military

New England Journal of Medicine, 2011
A judicial rule known as the Feres doctrine prohibits military personnel from suing for malpractice. The authors propose policy changes to improve compensation to military personnel injured as a result of malpractice and to promote higher-quality care.
Sandeep S, Mangalmurti, Lindsey, Murtagh, Michelle M, Mello   +2 more
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Medical Malpractice and Rhinology

American Journal of Rhinology, 2007
Background Physicians facing malpractice litigation are in uncharted territory. The language, concepts, rules, and strategies of the legal system are foreign to science-based physicians. Understanding the statistics of rhinology malpractice litigation may aid the physician to cope with the assault of a claim.
Douglas E, Dawson, Eric M, Kraus
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Physicians' Discourses on Malpractice and the Meaning of Medical Malpractice

Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1996
Recent analyses of the professions have considered the question of the changing nature of professional power. This study is an interpretive analysis of the meaning of physicians' discourse in the face of a perceived challenge to the traditional boundaries of clinical practice from malpractice suits. The data for this analysis were drawn from interviews
T, Marjoribanks, M J, Good, A G, Lawthers, L M, Peterson   +3 more
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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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Sleep surgery and medical malpractice

The Laryngoscope, 2013
Objectives/HypothesisTo describe and analyze the causes and outcomes of lawsuits pertaining to sleep surgery to mitigate future litigation and improve physician education.Study DesignA retrospective review of a publicly available database containing jury verdicts and settlements.MethodsThe LexisNexis MEGA Jury Verdicts and Settlements database was ...
Anthony M, Tolisano, Jennifer M, Bager
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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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