Beyond negligence: Avoidability and medical injury compensation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 387-402

  Kachalia, Allen B ^a   Mello, Michelle M ^b   Brennan, Troyen A ^c   Studdert, David M ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AETNA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avoidability; Denmark; Malpractice; Medical error compensation; New Zealand; Patient injuries; Patient safety; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; INJURY; SAFETY; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; COURT; DENMARK; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTATION; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; NEGLIGENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DENMARK; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALASIA; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 37149011755     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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