Making amends for negligence
That doctors are more likely to be sued for negligence now than they have been in the past is undeniable. In particular, in the 1980s and 1990s the number of claims steadily increased, relative to the number of treatment episodes. The reasons for this are by no means clear but probably include eleme...
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BMJ Publishing Group
2004
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