Physicians’ attitudes toward litigation and defensive practice: development of a scale

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 52-60

  Benbassat, Jochanan ^a   Pilpel, Dina ^b   Schor, Razia ^b  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Defensive practice; Medical error; Negligence; Quality of care; Tolerance of uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS;

ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035212683     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280109595771     Document Type: Article

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