Medical malpractice.

Sociological Analysis of Medical Malpractice in Tehran: A Mixed Method Study

Medical malpractice is a dysfunction of modern medicine and a social problem in medical sociology that threatens patients’ health and has negative consequences for society and physicians. The aim of this study was to sociological analyze of medical malpractice in Iran. This exploratory study was conducted by mixed method design, with qualitative method dominance: QUAL+ quan. For data collectio...

Medical malpractice: an overview of federal and state policy options.

SOURCE: Danzon, Medical Malpractice: Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy (1985); Harvard Medical Practice Study Group, Patients, Doctors and Lawyers: Medical Injury, Malpractice Litigation, and Patient Compensation in New York (1990); Studdart et al, "Beyond Dead Reckoning: Measures of Medical Injury Burden, Malpractice Litigation, and Alternative Compensation Models from Utah and Colorado," 33...

Medical Malpractice of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in the Complaint Records Referred to the Forensic Medicine Commission of Tehran Province during 2015-2017

Aim(s): Obstetricians and gynecologists are at the top of medical malpractice complaints. Medical malpractice in this regard can lead to consequences such as neonatal and fetal deaths, maternal defects, maternal deaths and neonatal defects. The aim of this study was to investigate the medical malpractice of obstetricians and gynecologists in the complaint records referred to the forensic medici...

Frequency of orthodontic malpractice cases and verdicts filed at the Iranian Medical Council during 1994-2004

Frequency of orthodontic malpractice cases and verdicts filed at the Iranian Medical Council during 1994-2004 Dr. Akhoundi, M.S.* - Dr. Kharrazi Fard, M.J.** - Dr. Rahmatian, SH.***- Dr. Chalipa, J.****- Dr. Hosseini MH.****  *Associate Professor of Orthodontics Dept., Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University / Medical Sciences. **Dentist, Statistical Editor. ***Dentist. *Assistant Professor of ...

The forgotten third: liability insurance and the medical malpractice crisis.

Although the most visible manifestations of medical malpractice involve patient safety and the legal process, the availability and affordability of liability insurance largely determine the direction of medical malpractice policy. Scientific and industrial developments since the first modern malpractice crisis in the 1970s reveal major problems with the structure and regulation of liability ins...

Medical Malpractice: A Preventable or Inevitable Issue