Airway management complications causing temporary patient harm are common, but
serious injury is rare. Because most airways are easy, most complications occur in easy …

This chapter reviews the theory and empirical literature on physician market power,
behavior, and motives, referred to collectively as the issue of “physician agency.” The …

Background: Postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression (RD) is a significant
cause of death and brain damage in the perioperative period. The authors examined …

An updated and refreshed edition of the groundbreaking book that shows how people can
be nudged toward decisions that will improve their lives" If you've read Nudge and think you …

Objective.—To identify specific communication behaviors associated with malpractice
history in primary care physicians and surgeons. Design.—Comparison of communication …

Background Risk factors for medical errors remain poorly understood. We performed a case–
control study of retained foreign bodies in surgical patients in order to identify risk factors for …

Background Diagnostic errors cause substantial preventable harm, but national estimates
vary widely from 40,000 to 4 million annually. This cross-sectional analysis of a large …

Background We sought to characterise the frequency, health outcomes and economic
consequences of diagnostic errors in the USA through analysis of closed, paid malpractice …

XIV PREFACE or her communication with patients, as well as how a physician's gender
influences the way in which his or her patients communicate. Part II of this book describes …

Background In the current debate over tort reform, critics of the medical malpractice system
charge that frivolous litigation—claims that lack evidence of injury, substandard care, or both …