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Purpose The medico-legal risk associated with application of medical directives in the
emergency department (ED) is unknown. The objective of this study was to describe and …

Background Consent is an important component of surgical care. Poorly attempted consent
bears significant ethical and legal implications. We assessed the effectiveness of handouts …

Introduction A trauma resuscitation is dynamic and complex process in which failures could
lead to serious adverse events. In several trauma centers, evaluation of trauma resuscitation …

Objective This study implemented a quality improvement program based on knowledge of
medico-legal risk in obstetrics and sought to evaluate the impact of this program on …

Study Design. Retrospective descriptive study. Objective. The aim of this study was to
describe closed medicolegal cases involving physicians and spine surgery in Canada from …

While video and audio recording (VAR) of patients is well described for clinical research, its
application to quality improvement in the emergency department has thus far been limited …

Background: Medico-legal data show opportunities to improve safe medical care; little is
published on the experience of physicians-in-training with medical malpractice. The purpose …

Objective Identify organizational factors associated with high clinical litigation rates among
acute National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England. Design Cross-sectional analysis …

with interest the article noted. We were surprised that the authors did not undertake a more
systematic literature review of the current medical liability system or consider reforms other …