Medical Errors and Malpractice

Publications

• Views of practicing physicians and the public on medical errors | N Engl J Med. 347:1933.
• Burnout and medical errors among American surgeons | Ann Surg. 251:995.
• Association of perceived medical errors with resident distress and empathy: a prospective longitudinal study| JAMA. 296:1071. Association of resident fatigue and distress with perceived medical errors | JAMA. 302:1294.
• The heart of darkness: the impact of perceived mistakes on physicians | JGen Intern Med. 7:424.
• Medical error: the second victim. The doctor who makes the mistake needs help too;| BMJ. 320:726.
• Coping with medical mistakes and errors in judgment | Ann Emerg Med. 39:287.
• Understanding and responding to adverse events | N Engl J Med. 348:1051.
• Doctors' perceptions of the links between stress and lowered clinical care | Soc Sci Med. 44:1017.
• Burnout and self-reported patient care in an internal medicine residency program | Ann Intern Med. 136:358.
• Personal consequences of malpractice lawsuits on American surgeons | J Am Coll Surg. 213:657.
• Malpractice risk according to physician specialty | N Engl J Med. 365:629.
• The physician's reaction to a malpractice suit | Obstet Gynecol. 71:138.
• Coping with a medical malpractice suit | West J Med. 174:55.
• Confessions of physicians; what systemic reporting does not uncover.
  

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