Conditions that influence the impact of malpractice litigation risk on physicians' behavior regarding patient safety

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Renkema, Erik ^a   Broekhuis, Manda ^a   Ahaus, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malpractice litigation risk; Patient safety; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84892740556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-38     Document Type: Article

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