Coping with a medical malpractice suit.

Personal consequences of malpractice lawsuits on American surgeons.

BACKGROUND Our objective was to identify the prevalence of recent malpractice litigation against American surgeons and evaluate associations with personal well-being. Although malpractice lawsuits are often filed against American surgeons, the personal consequences with respect to burnout, depression, and career satisfaction are poorly understood. STUDY DESIGN Members of the American College ...

Respondents in Discovery: A Pre-Suit Answer to the Medical Malpractice Crisis?

Medical malpractice: a case study in medical and legal decision making.

The conference was organized in part to dispel some of the misinformation that interferes with cooperative efforts of attorneys and physicians to redress the malpractice situation. During discussion of the hypothetical case, participants identified how medical decision-making responsibilities were allocated among health care providers caring for the patient. Panel members suggested ways in whic...

Controlling Legal Risk for Effective Hospital Management.

PURPOSE To analyze the types of medical malpractice, medical errors, and medical disputes in a university hospital for the proposal of countermeasures that maximize the efficiency of hospital management, medical departments, and healthcare providers. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study retrospectively reviewed and analyzed 55 closed civil lawsuits among 64 medical lawsuit cases carried out in Pu...

Sources of the standards of care in malpractice actions.

In these times of physician strikes and daily newspaper articles concerning the "malpractice crisis", it is appropriate to review one of the most important aspects of any malpractice suit-the standard of care against which the conduct of the defendant-medical practitioner will be judged. A malpractice suit against any professional, including a CRNA, is basically the same as any type of personal...