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Forget the Malpractice Crisis!

If one advocates for quality patient care and assists patients in dealing with
system complexities you can, forget the malpractice crisis!

What drives patients to sue their care givers?
Four Common Themes:

  1. The need for an explanation; (communication, professionalism)

  2. A desire to ensure the safety of others; (systems-based practice)

  3. A sense of accountability; (professionalism)

  4. A sense of compensation. (systems-based practice)

    Adapted from Vincent, C, Young, M, Phillips, A Why do people sue doctors?  A study of patients and relatives taking legal action. Lancet 1994; 343:1609-13

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