caa a22 4500 397524471 CHVBK 20180308164641.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19950201xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/3097004 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.2307/3097004 Fielding Stephen L. SUNY Geneseo Changing Medical Practice and Medical Malpractice Claims [Elektronische Daten] [Stephen L. Fielding] I use statistical data to describe the populations of malpractice claims in New York and Massachusetts, and in-depth interviews with physicians and claimants to explore the human side of medical malpractice claims. I argue that medical malpractice claims are associated with tertiary medical care delivered within a business setting. Several major themes emerge from my analysis. There is a strong distinction between physicians' and claimants' definitions of medical outcomes. Physicians judge medical outcomes in terms of generally accepted medical practice. In contrast, patients judge medical outcomes in terms of how their lives have changed. Physicians voice their concerns about the uncertainty in the practice of medicine. Marginalization, which occurs when physicians push their patients' personal and social concerns related to their treatment to the periphery, is a major concern of claimants. The physicians' interviews also contain themes of anger, distrust of patients, and defensive medicine; patients' themes include anger, vindication, and deference towards their former physicians. Finally, some physicians and claimants view medicine more as a business rather than as a humanistic institution. © 1995 Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc. Medical Practices nationallicence Social Problems Oxford University Press 42/1(1995-02-01), 38-55 0037-7791 42:1<38 1995 42 socpro https://doi.org/10.2307/3097004 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/3097004 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Fielding Stephen L. SUNY Geneseo NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Problems Oxford University Press 42/1(1995-02-01), 38-55 0037-7791 42:1<38 1995 42 socpro Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford