Legal Disputes over Duties to Disclose Treatment Risks to Patients: A Review of Negligence Claims and Complaints in Australia

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Bismark, Marie M ^a   Gogos, Andrew J ^b   Clark, Richard B ^a   Gruen, Russell L ^c   Gawande, Atul A ^d   Studdert, David M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; DISCLOSURE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865557339     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001283     Document Type: Article

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