BACKGROUND Recently, cases of medical disputes and even acts of violence toward physicians by patients in China have been escalating. It remains unknown whether competition improves the patient-physician relationship. METHODS This paper analyzes the relationship between hospital competition and the probability of medical disputes occurrence according to the theory of social control. Data from...

The Government has taken a further step towards devolving responsibility for industrial relations policy to local health authorities. New guidelines on handling industrial disputes published by the DHSS express the Government's determination to stand well back from these and not interfere: "Ministers want NHS management to know that, having issued this guidance, they would hope not to intervene...

OBJECTIVE Medical disputes between physicians and patients can occur in non-negligent circumstances and may even result in compensation. We reviewed medical dispute cases to investigate the impact of miscommunication, especially in non-negligent situations. DESIGN Systematic review of medical dispute records was done to identify the presence of the adverse events, the type of medical error, p...