title: The legal process.
abstract: Being named in a malpractice case may be one of the most stressful events in a physician's career and participating in a trial is likely to be remembered for a lifetime. Despite the climate of tort reform, it is a system that is unlikely to change anytime soon. By understanding and knowing the system and proactively participating in one's own defense, the traumatic experience of being named in a malpractice case may be mitigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02117, USA. rzane@partners.org
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Zane
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States