Practice Guidelines References

1.AUTHOR Hatch-S-W.
INSTITUTION New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
TITLE Clinicolegal aspects of practice guidelines for pediatric eye and vision examination.
SOURCE J-Am-Optom-Assoc 1995 Aug, VOL: 66 (8), P: 501-9, ISSN: 0003-0244.


2..AUTHOR Mittman-B-S, Tonesk-X, Jacobson-P-D.
INSTITUTION Health Sciences Program, RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138.
TITLE Implementing clinical practice guidelines: social influence strategies and practitioner behavior change.
SOURCE QRB-Qual-Rev-Bull 1992 Dec, VOL: 18 (12), P: 413-22, ISSN: 0097-5990.


3.AUTHOR Thomasson-G-O.
INSTITUTION Copic Insurance Company, Englewood, CO.
TITLE Participatory risk management: promoting physician compliance with practice guidelines.
SOURCE Jt-Comm-J-Qual-Improv 1994 Jun, VOL: 20 (6), P: 317-29, ISSN: 1070-3241.


4. AUTHOR Smith-G-H.
INSTITUTION Maine Medical Association, Manchester.
TITLE A case study in progress: practice guidelines and the affirmative defense in Maine.
SOURCE Jt-Comm-J-Qual-Improv 1993 Aug, VOL: 19 (8), P: 355-62, ISSN: 1070-3241.


5. AUTHOR Burroughs-C-E.
INSTITUTION Charles E. Burroughs, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Milwaukee, WI 53202-4115.
TITLE The use of practice guidelines in Wisconsin for liability protection.
SOURCE Wis-Med-J 1994 Feb, VOL: 93 (2), P: 69-75, ISSN: 0043-6542 0 Refs.


6. AUTHOR Woolf-S-H.
INSTITUTION INSTITUTION
TITLE Practice guidelines: a new reality in medicine. III. Impact on patient care.
SOURCE Arch-Intern-Med 1993 Dec 13, VOL: 153 (23), P: 2646-55, ISSN: 0003-99261 29 Refs.


7. AUTHOR Zweig-F-M, Witte-H-A.
INSTITUTION Center for Health Policy Research, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052.
TITLE Assisting judges in screening medical practice guidelines for health care litigation.
SOURCE Jt-Comm-J-Qual-Improv 1993 Aug, VOL: 19 (8), P: 342-54, ISSN: 1070-3241 44 Refs.

8.AUTHOR Hyams-A-L, Shapiro-D-W, Brennan-T-A.
INSTITUTION Harvard School of Public Health, USA.
TITLE Medical practice guidelines in malpractice litigation: an early retrospective.
SOURCE J-Health-Polit-Policy-Law 1996 Summer, VOL: 21 (2), P: 289-313, ISSN: 0361-6878.

ABSTRACT

The role of practice guidelines in malpractice litigation has been discussed in some theoretical detail. Little information is available, however, on how courts use guidelines or on the effort of state legislatures to explicitly link guideline compliance with malpractice defenses. We review all relevant case law and legislative enactments to shed light on the influence of medical malpractice on guidelines. We also use data from a nationwide survey of malpractice attorneys to supplement our legal analysis. Although guidelines are being used for both inculpatory and exculpatory purposes in common- law litigation (a two-way street), legislatures are interested in applying them only for exculpatory purposes (a one-way street). Author.



9. AUTHOR Hyams-A-L, Brandenburg-J-A, Lipsitz-S-R, Shapiro-D-W, Brennan-T-A.
INSTITUTION Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.
TITLE Practice guidelines and malpractice litigation: a two-way street.
SOURCE Ann-Intern-Med 1995 Mar 15, VOL: 122 (6), P: 450-5, ISSN: 0003-4819.

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