Background In many geographic regions, both in developing and in developed countries,
the number of health workers is insufficient to achieve population health goals. Financial …

The concept of empathy has received a lot of attention in the past few decades in public
media, academia, national and international politics, arts, ethics, health professions …

ContextHow often physicians alter their clinical behavior because of the threat of malpractice
liability, termed defensive medicine, and the consequences of those changes, are central …

Burnout is plaguing the culture of medicine and is linked to several primary causes including
long work hours, increasingly burdensome documentation, and resource constraints …

Job satisfaction has become an increasingly important topic of focus for the medical
profession over the last 20 years. This report details the application of factor analysis to …

Background A gap exists between patients' desire to be told about medical errors and
present practice. Little is known about how physicians approach disclosure. The objective of …

Contemporary hospitals fall far short in applying both state‐of‐the art clinical knowledge and
management practices of known effectiveness. Organization and management practices in …

Background Patients are often not told about harmful medical errors. The malpractice
environment is considered a major determinant of physicians' willingness to disclose errors …

Physicians contend that the threat of malpractice lawsuits forces them to practice defensive
medicine, which in turn raises the cost of health care. This argument underlies efforts to …

Health policy in the United States has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and
ideological environment, with important roles played by public and private actors, as well as …