Mediation and medical malpractice: the need to understand why patients sue and a proposal for a specific model of mediation

MeSH terms

• Communication
• Emotions
• Expert Testimony / legislation & jurisprudence
• Humans
• Insurance, Liability / legislation & jurisprudence
• Liability, Legal
• Malpractice / legislation & jurisprudence*
• Medical Errors / legislation & jurisprudence
• Motivation*
• Negotiating / methods*
• Patient Education as Topic / legislation & jurisprudence
• Patient Satisfaction / legislation & jurisprudence
• Physician-Patient Relations
• United States