Reactions of potential jurors to a hypothetical malpractice suit alleging failure to perform a prostate-specific antigen test

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 396-402

  Barry, Michael J ^a   Wescott, Pamela H ^b   Reifler, Ellen J ^b   Chang, Yuchaio ^a   Moulton, Benjamin W ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

^c American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44949118696     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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