"It's not our ass": medical resident sense-making regarding lawsuits.

Carey M. Noland; Walter J. Carl

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"It's not our ass": medical resident sense-making regarding lawsuits.

September 28, 2010

Noland CM, Carl WJ. Health Commun. 2006;20(1):81-9.

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The investigators identify fours ways residents make sense of lawsuits and suggest that understanding the medical hierarchy is essential to preparing residents for mistakes and lawsuits.

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