Forum: Ethical considerations in health care risk management.
"This hospital has mistreated me," charges an irate patient, and the long road to a courtroom stretches ahead. How can a hospital's risk manager align the institution's interests with the patient's rights? A professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics discusses this delicate balance.
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