Impact of litigation on senior clinicians: Implications for risk management

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-13

  Bark, Pippa ^a,c   Vincent, Charles ^a,c   Olivieri, Laura ^a   Jones, Angela ^a,b  

^a Public Health Department   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Public Health Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Litigation; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031087796     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.6.1.7     Document Type: Article

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