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Physician Liability

Physician Liability is a form of professional legal liability in tort law whereby a physician is held civilly responsible for patient harm caused by acts or omissions in the course of medical care that deviate from the applicable standard of care and thereby satisfy the legal elements of negligence or malpractice.

975

Publications

50.1K

Citations

2K

Authors

775

Institutions

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2017–2026

126

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Medical Malpractice Liability

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Publications

975

LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS

Herbert L. Bernstein, Donald L. Horowitz, David L. Lange et al. · 1990 · 1.8K citations

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Physician-patient communication. The relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons

Warren Levinson · JAMA · 1997 · 1.5K citations

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Defensive Medicine Among High-Risk Specialist Physicians in a Volatile Malpractice Environment

David M. Studdert · JAMA · 2005 · 1.2K citations

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Malpractice Risk According to Physician Specialty

Anupam B. Jena, Seth A. Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2011 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Physician-Patient Communication<subtitle>The Relationship With Malpractice Claims Among Primary Care Physicians and Surgeons</subtitle>

Wendy Levinson · JAMA · 1997 · 1.1K citations

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1–5 of 975

Authors

2K

  1. DM
    David M. Studdert

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    28 publications · 4.8K citations

    25

    h-index

  2. MM
    Michelle M. Mello

    Harvard University, United States

    26 publications · 2.7K citations

    23

    h-index

  3. TA
    Troyen A. Brennan

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States

    23 publications · 4.9K citations

    22

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  4. AK
    Allen Kachalia

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States

    14 publications · 2K citations

    13

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  5. PM
    Patricia M. Danzon

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    12 publications · 971 citations

    12

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1–5 of 2K

Institutions

775

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    153 publications

    24.1K citations

  2. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    26 h-index

    71 publications

    13K citations

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    18 h-index

    54 publications

    4.2K citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    39 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    941 citations

  8. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    14 h-index

    49 publications

    3.1K citations

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Venues

  1. JAMA

    55 publications · 8K citations

    32

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 118 publications · 3K citations

    27

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  3. Health Affairs

    22 publications · 1.7K citations

    21

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  4. New England Journal of Medicine

    NEJM · 30 publications · 4.4K citations

    18

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 23 publications · 688 citations

    15

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