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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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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 Claims Following Incidental Durotomy Due to Spinal Surgery

Spine, 2018
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. Analyze medical malpractice verdicts and settlements associated with incidental durotomy. Summary of Background Data. Incidental durotomy is a common complication of spine surgery.
Wesley M. Durand, A. Eltorai, G. Shantharam, J. M. DePasse, Eren O. Kuris, A. Hersey, M. Palumbo, Alan H. Daniels   +7 more
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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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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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Effects of a web-based education program for nurses using medical malpractice cases: A randomized controlled trial.

Nurse Education Today, 2021
H. Lim, Y. Yi
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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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The Role of Apology Laws in Medical Malpractice

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2021
Nina E. Ross, W. Newman
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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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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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