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Canadian Perspective

1. AUTHOR Vincent-C, Young-M, Phillips-A.
INSTITUTION Academic Department of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
TITLE Why do people sue doctors? A study of patients and relatives taking legal action (see comments).
SOURCE Lancet 1994 Jun 25, VOL: 343 (8913), P: 1609-13,
ISSN: 0140-6736. CM Comment in: Lancet 1994 Jun 25; 343(8913):1582-3; Comment in: Lancet 1994 Jul 23; 344(8917):268; Comment in: Lancet 1994 Jul 23; 334(8917) :268-9; Comment in: Lancet 1994 Jul 23; 344(8917):269. Vincent-C, Young-M, Phillips-A., "Why do people sue doctors? A study of patients and relatives taking legal action" (1994),
Lancet Jun 25, VOL: 343 (8913), P: 1609-13.

2. AUTHOR Localio AR, Lawthers AG, Brennan TA, Laird NM, Hebert LE, Peterson LM, Newhouse JP, Weiler PC, Hiatt HH.
INSTITUTION Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033.
TITLE Relation between malpractice claims and adverse events due to negligence. Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study III.
SOURCE N Engl J Med 1991 Jul 25;325(4):245-251.

3. AUTHOR Trine-W, Luvera-P.
TITLE Winning medical negligence cases.
SOURCE ATLA press, 1993,
ISBN 0-941916-53-7.

4. AUTHOR Grove-E, Ferrara-M-A-Jr.
TITLE Outcomes of medical-malpractice litigation.
SOURCE N-Engl-J-Med 1997 Jun 5, VOL: 336 (23), P: 1680; discussion 1680-1,
ISSN: 0028-4793.

5. AUTHOR Oxman-A-D, Guyatt-G-H.
INSTITUTION Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
TITLE The science of reviewing research.
SOURCE Ann-N-Y-Acad-Sci 1993 Dec 31, VOL: 703, P: 125-33; discussion 133-4,
ISSN: 0077-8923 29 Refs.

6. AUTHOR Mulrow-C-D.
INSTITUTION Division of General Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 70284.
TITLE Rationale for systematic reviews.
SOURCE BMJ 1994 Sep 3, VOL: 309 (6954), P: 597-9,
ISSN: 0959-8138.

7. AUTHOR Antman-E-M, Lau-J, Kupelnick-B, Mosteller-F, Chalmers-T-C.
INSTITUTION Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
TITLE A comparison of results of meta-analyses of randomized control trials and recommendations of clinical experts. Treatments for myocardial infarction (see comments).
SOURCE JAMA 1992 Jul 8, VOL: 268 (2), P: 240-8,
ISSN: 0098-7484. Comment in: JAMA 1993 Jan 13; 269(2):214.

8. AUTHOR Hekkenberg-R-J, Irish-J-C, Rotstein-L-E, Brown-D-H, Gullane-P-J.
INSTITUTION Department of Otolaryngology, Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario. TITLE Informed consent in head and neck surgery: how much do patients actually remember?
SOURCE J-Otolaryngol 1997 Jun, VOL: 26 (3), P: 155-9,
ISSN: 0381-6605.

9. AUTHOR Lavelle-Jones-C, Byrne-D-J, Rice-P, Cuschieri-A.
INSTITUTION Department of Surgery, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee.
TITLE Factors affecting quality of informed consent (see comments).
SOURCE BMJ 1993 Apr 3, VOL: 306 (6882), P: 885-90,
ISSN: 0959-8138. CM Comment in: BMJ 1993 May 8; 306(6887):1273.

10. AUTHOR Hutson-M-M, Blaha-J-D.
INSTITUTION Section of Arthritis Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506.
TITLE Patients' recall of preoperative instruction for informed consent for an operation (see comments).
SOURCE J-Bone-Joint-Surg (Am) 1991 Feb, VOL: 73 (2), P: 160-2,
ISSN: 0021-9355. CM Comment in: J-Bone-Joint-Surg-(Am) 1991 Feb; 73(2):159.


11. AUTHOR Cassileth-B-R, Zupkis-R-V, Sutton-Smith-K, March-V.
INSTITUTION University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, Philadelphia.
TITLE Informed consent -- why are its goals imperfectly realized?
SOURCE N-Engl-J-Med 1980 Apr 17, VOL: 302 (16), P: 896-900,
ISSN: 0028-4793.

12. AUTHOR McAlister-F-A, Koon-K-T, Lewandzuk-R-Z, Wells-G, Montague-T-J.
TITLE Contemporary practice patterns in the management of newly diagnosed hypertension.
SOURCE Can Med Assoc J 1997;157(1):23-30.

13. AUTHOR Krieger-N.
INSTITUTION Division of Research, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Oakland, CA 94611.
TITLE Epidemiology and the web of causation: has anyone seen the spider?
SOURCE Soc-Sci-Med 1994 Oct, VOL: 39 (7), P: 887-903,
ISSN: 0277-9536 158 Refs.


14. AUTHOR Goldsmith-D-F.
INSTITUTION California Public Health Foundation, Berkeley 94704-1103, USA.
TITLE Importance of causation for interpreting occupational epidemiology research: a case study of quartz and cancer.
SOURCE Occup-Med 1996 Jul-Sep, VOL: 11 (3), P: 433-49,
ISSN: 0885-114X 76 Refs.

15. AUTHOR Dubinsky-M, Ferguson-J-H.
TITLE Analyis of the National Institutes of Health Medicare Coverage Assessment.
SOURCE Int J Technol Assess Health care 1990; 6: 480-8.


16. AUTHOR O-Donovan-N, Healy-T-E, Faragher-E-B, Wilkins-R-G, Hamilton-A-A.
INSTITUTION Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital of South Manchester, Withington.
TITLE Postoperative backache: the use of an inflatable wedge.
SOURCE Br-J-Anaesth 1986 Mar, VOL: 58 (3), P: 280-3,
ISSN: 0007-0912.

17. AUTHOR Hickmott-K-C, Healy-T-E, Roberts-S-P, Faragher-E-B.
INSTITUTION University of Manchester, Department of Anaesthesia, UK.
TITLE Back pain following general anaesthesia and surgery: evaluation of risk factors and the effect of an inflatable lumbar support.
SOURCE Br-J-Surg 1990 May, VOL: 77 (5), P: 571-5,
ISSN: 0007-1323.

18. AUTHOR Benoit BG, Marshall TD, Ivan LP, Forcier P.
TITLE Legal issues in the practice of neurology and neurosurgery.
SOURCE Can J Neurological Sc 1990;17:434-439
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