Malpractice claims against family physicians are the best doctors sued more?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-30

  Ely, John W ^a,d   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^a   Young, Paul R ^b   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a   Goerdt, Christopher J ^a   Elder, Nancy C ^c   Olick, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b American Board Family Medicine   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Family; Knowledge; Malpractice; Medical errors; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032908084     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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