title: Medicolegal sidebar: the law and social values: conformity to norms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1100 Virginia Ave., Columbia, MO, 65212, USA, balb@health.missouri.edu.
authors.forename: B Sonny
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: Lawrence H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D012925:Social Conformity; D066262:Social Norms; D012945:Social Values; D059039:Standard of Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence