Physician practice behavior and litigation risk: Evidence and opportunity

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 688-699

  Hickson, Gerald B ^a,b   Entman, Stephen S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 405 Oxford House ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Malpractice risk; Patient complaints; Peer counseling; Risk reduction; Unprofessional behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK REDUCTION; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TEAMWORK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449342189     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181899c2c     Document Type: Article

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