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Communication Gaffes: A Root Cause of Malpractice Claims

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: We are presently in the throes of another medical malpractice insurance crisis, not unlike the crisis that occurred in the late 1970s. The availability of medical malpractice insurance is diminishing; insurance premiums are skyrocketing; insurance carriers are going bankrupt or refusing to write insurance policies in Texas. In some areas, the cost of malpractice insurance is prohibitive, causing physicians to leave medicine. The most concerning fallout is that patient access to care is being compromised.

Source: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings

DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2003.11927898

Authors: Beth Huntington, Nettie Kuhn

Institution: Baylor Scott & White Health

Language: English

Topic: Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1892731185

FWCI: 5.263

Cites: 23

Cited by: 189

Related to: 10