Charles S C, Wilbert J R, Franke K J
Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Apr;142(4):437-40. doi: 10.1176/ajp.142.4.437.
To assess the impact of malpractice litigation on physicians' personal and professional lives, the authors surveyed a random sample of the Chicago Medical Society membership. Although both sued and nonsued physicians reported changes in professional behavior and emotional reactions to both the threat and actuality of litigation, sued physicians reported significantly more symptoms than nonsued physicians. Significantly more of them reported that they were likely to stop seeing certain types of patients, think of retiring early, and discourage their children from entering medicine. Malpractice litigation may affect not only physicians' personal and professional lives but also the delivery of health care.
为评估医疗事故诉讼对医生个人生活和职业生涯的影响，作者对芝加哥医学协会会员进行了随机抽样调查。尽管被起诉和未被起诉的医生都报告了职业行为的变化以及对诉讼威胁和实际诉讼的情绪反应，但被起诉的医生报告的症状明显多于未被起诉的医生。他们中明显更多的人表示，自己可能会不再诊治某些类型的患者、考虑提前退休，并劝阻子女从事医学行业。医疗事故诉讼不仅可能影响医生的个人生活和职业生涯，还可能影响医疗服务的提供。
