Malpractice and Informed Consent
- 19 April 1979
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 300 (16) , 928-929
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197904193001619
Abstract
To the Editor: In his Law-Medicine Note in the January 4 issue of the Journal, Professor Curran reviewed the recently published survey of medical-malpractice claims filed with the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company from October, 1973, through June, 1978. He took the opportunity to note briefly how the data then available continued to prove false certain prevailing myths of the medical-malpractice field. He especially emphasized that the "great bugaboo of the medicolegal writers," failure to obtain adequately informed consent, represented an apparently minor percentage of the claims surveyed. In this regard, he concluded, "The survey indicates that . . .Keywords
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