Medico-Legal Drivers of Low Value Care

Project Member(s): Ries, N.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Avant Foundation (Avant Foundation Grants Scheme)
Avant Foundation (Avant Foundation Grants Scheme)

Start year: 2018

Publications:

Ries, NM, Johnston, B & Jansen, J 2022, 'A qualitative interview study of Australian physicians on defensive practice and low value care: “it’s easier to talk about our fear of lawyers than to talk about our fear of looking bad in front of each other”', BMC Medical Ethics, vol. 23, no. 1.
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Ries, NM, Johnston, B & Jansen, J 2022, 'Views of healthcare consumer representatives on defensive practice: ‘We are your biggest advocate and supporter… not the enemy’', Health Expectations, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 374-383.
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Ries, NM & Jansen, J 2021, 'Physicians’ views and experiences of defensive medicine: An international review of empirical research', Health Policy, vol. 125, no. 5, pp. 634-642.
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FOR Codes: Law, Health Policy, Health, Medical and health law

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