The legal research method is a scientific activity based on certain methods, systematics, and thoughts, which aims to study one or several phenomena by analyzing them, except that, an in-depth examination of the facts also held then seek solution. problems that arise in symptoms question. For this reason, carried out includes methods. This descriptive analysis describe detail, systematically th...

Objective: In this descriptive study, which questions the problems and perspectives faced by physicians about medical bad practices (malpractice), are often heard today, information defensive of family physicians, it is aimed to determine their attitude behavior. Methods: November-December 2020, study was conducted on 77 who worked as a physician in Isparta/Turkey accepted participation using s...

This paper evaluates the impact of six different types of tort reforms on the frequency, size, and number of total annual settlements in medical malpractice cases between 1991 and 1998. Medical malpractice data come from the National Practitioner Data Bank, which contains more than 100,000 malpractice settlement payments in the study time frame. Of the six tort reforms examined, two reforms (ca...

“Enterprise medical liability” is a term used to describe a system in which health care organizations bear responsibility for medical malpractice in addition to or instead of individual health professionals. Enterprise liability is in many senses a natural outgrowth of the increasing dependence of medical practice on institutional resources and expertise.2 Proposals for enterprise liability sur...

This issue's "Legal Briefing" column covers recent legal developments involving informed consent.1 We covered this topic in previous articles in The Journal of Clinical Ethics.2 But an updated discussion is warranted. First, informed consent remains a central and critically important issue in clinical ethics. Second, there have been numerous significant legal changes over the past year. We cate...

In France, in general emergency departments, psychiatric consultations are on the increase and suicidal behavior represents a frequent reason for consultation. Psychiatrists treat patients whose behavior may be impulsive and irrational, and whose critical judgment is impaired. In emergency units, the reception and initial assessment of the patient determines his or her future pathway through th...

LU ST R A TI O N B Y E LI ZA B ET H L A D A W ith medical malpractice insurance premiums rising sharply across the nation and at least a dozen states facing an insurance crisis, physicians and policymakers are debating vigorously how best to respond. Tort reforms that would cap awards are among the proposals and have proven effective at moderating premiums in several states. [See “Understanding...

epithets, attorneys remain shadows in the background throughout the text. He ignores, however, the legal profession's view of the malpractice phenomena as found in contemporary legal journals. Several problems hinder De Ville's analysis. He never explains how his causal factors interacted and contributed to the rise of malpractice suits, nor does he weigh their relative importance. While he sho...