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- Title
The art and science of defensive medicine.
- Authors
Rizzolo, Denise
- Abstract
The article presents the author's views concerning the lawsuits filed against clinicians in the U.S. She argues that it is unfair for clinicians to be sued since they have no crystal ball to predict the future and few opportunities to change patient assessments or treatment plans. She advices that malpractice cases must be removed from the regular court system and a special malpractice court must be created to improve the current system.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PHYSICIAN malpractice cases; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); COURT system
- Publication
JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Haymarket Media, Inc.), 2009, Vol 22, Issue 11, p56
- ISSN
1547-1896
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1097/01720610-200911000-00017