Malodorous consequences: What comprises negligence in anosmia litigation?

Negligence, genuine error, and litigation

Not all medical injuries are the result of negligence. In fact, most medical injuries are the result either of the inherent risk in the practice of medicine, or due to system errors, which cannot be prevented simply through fear of disciplinary action. This paper will discuss the differences between adverse events, negligence, and system errors; the current medical malpractice tort system in th...

Public somnambulism: a general lack of awareness of the consequences of increasing medical negligence litigation.

Attend any meeting of obstetricians, spinal surgeons, neurosurgeons or neonatologists, and talk soon turns to the burgeoning costs of cover for negligence claims. Local medical academic and trade journals are increasingly addressing the issue: the whys, the consequences, and possible solutions. Although there are regular newspaper headlines and articles on litigation costs, seldom if ever does ...

Quality of care and negligence litigation in nursing homes.

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether high-quality health care institutions are less likely to be sued for negligence than their low-performing counterparts. METHODS We linked information on tort claims brought against 1465 nursing homes between 1998 and 2006 to 10 indicators of nursing home quality drawn from two U.S. national data sets: the Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting system and ...

What Are We Comparing in Comparative Negligence?

Medical negligence--what is SAMA's position?