Malpractice liability and defensive medicine: A national survey of neurosurgeons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Nahed, Brian V ^a   Babu, Maya A ^b   Smith, Timothy R ^c   Heary, Robert F ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROSURGEON; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84862667181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039237     Document Type: Article

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