| Toward more effective risk prevention. | |
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PMID: 19171218 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Reviews of medical malpractice claims against ophthalmologists have revealed a pattern of misunderstanding and improper or underutilization of several risk prevention and defense techniques. This often results in increasing the risk of litigation and weakening the defense of the claims. These techniques include the physician-attorney relationship, dealing with differences in the patient's version of the facts versus that of the physician (he said-she said), the physician-patient relationship, informed refusal, awareness of whom we are trying to convince with our arguments, vicarious liability, subpoena duces tecum, the most dangerous diagnosis, and the management of unethical plaintiff witnesses. Many of these techniques have been extensively described in the literature. This article discusses the means by which to make optimal use of them in order to achieve maximal risk prevention and the strongest possible defense in the event of litigation. |
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Authors:
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Marvin F Kraushar |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Survey of ophthalmology Volume: 54 ISSN: 0039-6257 ISO Abbreviation: Surv Ophthalmol Publication Date: 2009 Jan-Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-01-27 Completed Date: 2009-03-31 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404551 Medline TA: Surv Ophthalmol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 150-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA. |
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Humans Liability, Legal Malpractice / legislation & jurisprudence* Ophthalmology / legislation & jurisprudence* Physician-Patient Relations Risk Management / methods* |
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