 |
|
When Medical Error Becomes Medical Malpractice
The Victims and the Circumstances
Moderator: Thomas F. Tracy, Jr, MD;
Panelists: Linda S. Crawford, JD;
Thomas J. Krizek, MD;
Kenneth A. Kern, MD
Arch Surg. 2003;138:447-454.
|
|
| Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings. |
|
|
|
A TIMELY DEBATE
Dr Tracy: Timing is everything. The New England Surgical Society has a unique opportunity to be one of the first surgical societies to investigate part of the maelstrom that has developed during the past 3 to 4 years of our focus on medical error. In this forum, we will discuss the ways that the problem of medical error and the specter of malpractice have collided. We will also try to review some of the consequences that result from that collision and the heightened tensions between the victims of error that include patients, other health care professionals, and us as surgeons. Every day, there is some new revelation of exposed errors that parallels increased damages and malpractice premiums.
As testament to the timeliness of these concerns, this month's Bulletin of the American . . . [Full Text of this Article]
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE
DEFINING ERROR
ANATOMY OF A MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT
MALPRACTICE PREVENTION AND MEDICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS
From Providence, RI (Dr Tracy); New York, NY (Dr Crawford); Wesley Chapel, Fla (Dr Krizek); Hartford, Conn (Dr Kern).
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES
Malpractice in Mexico: arbitration not litigation
Tena-Tamayo and Sotelo
BMJ 2005;331:448-451.
FULL TEXT
|
