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Brain, Vol. 123, No. 10, 2179-2180, October 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE – THE CRANIUM, SPINE AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.

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Dr N. M. Hyman

The Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, UK

There can be few clinicians so sanguine as not to fear the occasional prospect of litigation. A busy neurologist will see, or be responsible for, perhaps 30 new patients a week. The clinical diagnosis may be inaccurate or the management less than optimal in 5% of cases. At least 75 patients a year may be less than delighted by their treatment. Over the years the figure is cumulative. After 10–15 years in clinical practice there will be 1000 such patients, some of whom will be potentially litigious. The further worrying aspect . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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