title: [Lawsuits in medical liability. Why? Against whom?].
abstract: The author, a Surgical Expert at the french Supreme Court, gives his opinion about medical liability in malpractice action. He studies successively: the main causes of these actions: lack of information, poor results, loss of confidence on the part of the patients, comments from other doctors; malpractice liability needs a relation between the surgical act and the damage; French law concerning State owned Hospitals; future projects concerning compensation without liability. The various channels which can be used in malpractice trials are successively examined and also the surgeons attitude in relation to his lawsuit.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Julliard
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005602:France; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010380:Peer Review; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations