background and objectives: medical error/malpractice is becoming a global healthcare problem bringing ever increasing number of physicians before the courts, and posing significant costs to the health system. statistical analysis of the nature of complaints can help identifying the most vulnerable medical practices and thereby guide development of preventive strategies. this study surveyed comp...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of objective cognitive impairment, negative affect, and fatigue on cognitive complaint in a postacute (mean=6.64±1.32mo) sample of patients with ischemic stroke. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Specialized stroke units at major metropolitan hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Patients with first-ever ischemic stroke (N=25) aged between 50 and 85 years with re...