Reactions of potential jurors to a hypothetical malpractice suit: alleging failure to perform a prostate-specific antigen test.
We conducted focus groups with 47 potential jurors who were presented with different scenarios in a hypothetical malpractice case involving failure to order a PSA test. Better documentation that a patient made an informed decision to decline a PSA test appeared to provide more medical-legal protection for physicians, especially with the use of a decision aid.
General Medicine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA.
Michael J
MJ
Barry
Pamela H
PH
Wescott
Ellen J
EJ
Reifler
Yuchaio
Y
Chang
Benjamin W
BW
Moulton
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000592:standards*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen