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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

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Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > November, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 11

Medical Malpractice Quiz

Is Unconsented Assistance Battery?

Lorne B. Sheren, MD, JD

A freestanding orthopedic surgical center schedules a 47-year-old man who injured his knee playing tennis to undergo anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The patient, a club champion for the past four years, is eager to be on his feet before the next tennis season.

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