Factors impacting perceived threat of malpractice lawsuits by various medical specialists

Health Care Manager

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-65

  Deshpande, Satish P ^a   Deshpande, Sagar S ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

lawsuits; malpractice; physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551547417     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e3182078ba4     Document Type: Article

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