Are Neurology residents in the United States being taught defensive medicine?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 374-377

  Brilla, Roland ^a   Evers, Stefan ^b   Deutschländer, Angela ^c   Wartenberg, Katja Elfriede ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive medicine; Litigation; Malpractice; Residency education; Tort signal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEAR; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NEUROLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646119169     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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