Complaints, shame and defensive medicine

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 449-452

  Cunningham, Wayne ^a   Wilson, Hamish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BEHAVIOR; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHAME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SHAME;

EID: 79957985597     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2011.051722     Document Type: Review

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