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Between The Scalpel And The Lie: Comparing Theories Of Physician Accountability For Misrepresentations Of Experience And Competence, Heyward H. Bouknight, Iii
Between The Scalpel And The Lie: Comparing Theories Of Physician Accountability For Misrepresentations Of Experience And Competence, Heyward H. Bouknight, Iii
Washington and Lee Law Review
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True Risk Management: Physicians' Liability Risk And The Practice Of Patient-Centered Medicine, Anand Das, Jack Schwartz, Evan G. Derenzo
True Risk Management: Physicians' Liability Risk And The Practice Of Patient-Centered Medicine, Anand Das, Jack Schwartz, Evan G. Derenzo
Journal of Law and Health
While most physicians understand that a serious deficiency in technical care increases their risk of liability, too often their risk management behavior indicates that they do not fully appreciate the impact that poor interpersonal skills have on patients' motivations to sue. Ironically, many of these physicians have taken risk management steps that have increased, rather than reduced, their exposure to lawsuits. In this paper, we argue that a strong legal and factual claim does not invariably explain patients' decisions to sue. Dissatisfaction with the physician's interpersonal care as well as with the clinical outcome is often a factor. Conversely, patients …