“…Failings in this area may result in patient dissatisfaction or litigation. The aim of this project was to assess our practice in consenting and institute changes to maintain best practice. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…METHODS: A questionnaire was administered to 213 Israeli psychiatry residents and certified psychiatrists during May and June 2015 regarding demographic data and experience with malpractice claims, medicolegal literature and litigation. Four clinical scenarios represented defensive behaviours and reactions (feelings and actions) to malpractice claims. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…INTRODUCTION: Suboptimal communication during emergency department (ED) care transitions has been shown to contribute to medical errors, sometimes resulting in patient injury and litigation. The study objective was to determine whether a standardized checkout process would decrease the number of relevant missed clinical items (MCI). …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Among the male partners allowed at delivery, 92(44.0%) did not disturb the birth attendant while 5(2.4%) ended in litigation. Among birth attendants who allowed men at delivery in the past, 160(76.6%) will allow men in the future. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Compared with attending physicians, resident physicians were more concerned about litigation, discussing weight, offending patients, and communicated less overall with patients through electronic health record. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Most of the claims regarded perioperative and operative cases, usually originating from civil litigation. The anatomical sites most commonly involved were the hip or knees, and sciatic nerve lesions were the main contributor. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Prompt identification of these fractures can facilitate patient treatment and counselling, avoiding a source of patient dissatisfaction and litigation.…”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…In multivariable analysis, alcohol abuse (OR = 6.84, p = 0.001), prescription drugs abuse (OR = 19.32, p = 0.016), functional pain (OR = 12.96, p < 0.001), head and neck pain (OR = 2.48, p = 0.039), MEDD (morphine equivalent daily dose) ≥ 200 mg/day (OR = 3.48, p = 0.006), and ongoing litigation (OR = 2.33, p = 0.047) were significant predictors of OrCC. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…BACKGROUND: Significant limb length discrepancy (LLD) after total hip arthroplasty (THA) is associated with limb, unremitting pain, neurological complications, and recurrent dislocations and has been a major cause of patient dissatisfaction and litigation against operating surgeon. The authors present a prospective study involving a double-stitch technique to prevent postoperative LLD after THA. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…However, patients and surgeons are increasingly hesitant to use mesh given recent the UK and Food and Drug Administration warnings and litigation. A possible alternative is to use autologous tissue to support the vault, as a mesh-free solution. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…CONCLUSION: Use the narration to go into the orthopedic patient needs and perceptions allows to activate appropriate and customized organizational and professional changes in order to answer adequatly to the patient’s needs to limit litigation and defence medicine expences. (www.actabiomedica.it)…”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Use of litigation to ensure and guarantee access to medical inputs constitutes one of the most effective strategies to ensure observance (or remedy the violation) of the right to health, often in relation to other fundamental human rights such as the right to life or to bodily integrity. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…The survey was used to gather information on the participants’ demographic background, the experience of stillbirth, knowledge of stillbirth, awareness of information and support sources, as well as attitude towards investigation and litigation. Data were analysed using descriptive and comparative statistics (Chi-Square test and Fisher’s exact test). …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Four key themes were identified which influenced medication safety: professional identity, fear of litigation and punishment, hierarchy and pressure to conform to established culture. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…In order to make the UPR more effective, this paper suggests that there is a need to generate more awareness of corruption-based violations of the right to health in order to promote greater health accountabilityPractical tools such as strategic litigation and social audits can also contribute to creating greater transparency and accountability in dealing with corruption.…”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…This study seeks to investigate the different medical and legal factors associated with foot surgery-based malpractice litigation. Malpractice data between 2004 and 2017 was collected using the VerdictSearch legal database. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…BACKGROUND: Resectoscopic injuries to bowel and/or vessels, although rare, can be catastrophic, resulting in significant patient harm including death and can provoke medicolegal litigation. OBJECTIVE: To examine indications, preoperative risk factors, perioperative findings and intervention, and clinical outcomes of resectoscopic injuries. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Fear of blame and malpractice litigation among health workers are important factors in underreporting, suggestive of an increased juridification of birth care. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…BDI is associated with significant mortality but litigation rates are fortunately low in India.…”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…BACKGROUND: Bile duct injury and vasculobiliary injury are possible complications during laparoscopic cholecystectomy which can lead to increased morbidity, mortality, costs of hospitalization and litigation. Proper documentation of the critical view of safety and safe plane of dissection may play a crucial role for archivization, teaching and medicolegal purposes. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso