The specter of medical malpractice lawsuits looms large for many clinicians, but according to Mark Brown, MD, JD, this anxiety may be disproportionate to the actual risk. In this discussion, we explore the contrasting nature of law and medicine, the unpredictable and capricious nature of legal proceedings, the systemic elements that fuel the high number of medical malpractice lawsuits in the United States, and several practices to reduce the risk of lawsuits.
Guest Bio:
Mark W. Brown, M.D., J.D., holds a JD from Harvard Law School (1970), and an MD from Dartmouth Medical School (1982). His career includes roles in the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, criminal defense practice, and teaching law at Southwestern School of Law. In medicine, he completed his internship and residency in Emergency Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital, San Francisco, and UCLA and is currently an emergency physician at Antelope Valley Medical Center and clinical faculty member at UCLA School of Medicine.
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Thinking Outside Your Retirement Account | working harder vs creating value
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Making the trade | How to know when it's time to change careers
Default Mode Network vs. Task Positive Network | How our brains balance mind wandering and focused attention
Moral Injury | The crossroads of conscience
117. From Chaos to Control | Taming the tempest of task saturation
116. Resistance | How to crack inertia
115. Zero Warning | Scott Weingart on frameworks for no-notice critical patients
113. Understanding Healthy (and Unhealthy) Relationship Dynamics
112. Pizza doesn’t work | An evidence-based intervention that reduced physician burnout and increased job satisfaction
111. Does Private Equity Belong in Medicine?
110. A Strategy Mid-Shift Overwhelm | Conquer the deluge and get home on time
109. Is Your Identity Holding You Back?
108. How To Not Argue With Reality | The paradox of accepting the present moment, even when seems really sh*tty
107. The Power of Lightly Held Beliefs | Bitcoin enemas, cold exposure, and the law of speedy gains
106. The Drama Triangle | Rewriting the script for conflict and broken communication
105. How Do You Decide When to Say Yes or No | Steps to develop a heuristic for decision making
104. Trapped in a World of Bad Advice | The tightrope between asking and telling with Edgar Schein, PhD
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