Medical Jurisprudence Offerings in Curricula of Medical Schools In Selected Southeastern United States.

Malpractice suits have been filed against physicians with increasing frequency in recent years. While many different reasons for the increase have been given, among those suggested is that physicians in general are not knowledgeable about medical jurisprudence to the degree they are able to prevent legal action being taken against them. If this is so, then there is an implication of a need to educate prospective and practicing physicians in the subject of medical jurisprudence.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year

1978

Author dc:creator

• Gray, Lois Annette

• Medical jurisprudence
• Practicing physicians
• Malpractice suits
• United States

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/7041

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.library.uab.edu:etd-collection-8033