Toward safer practice in otology: A report on 15 years of clinical negligence claims

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2214-2219

  Mathew, Rajeev ^a   Asimacopoulos, Eleni ^b   Valentine, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

litigation; Malpractice; neurotology; otology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MASTOIDECTOMY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGLIGENCE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053180798     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22136     Document Type: Article

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