Background: Medical malpractice represents a serious problem in the health system and is
one of the risk factors for patient safety which damages the patient and increases costs for …

The study aimed at assessing nurses' perspectives on the impact of management approach
on blame culture in health care organizations. The research questions that guided the study …

Background: Considering the process of pregnancy and undeniable role of obstetricians
and midwives in women's health, the possibility of medical malpractice complaints in this …

INTRODUCTION: Today, the quality of health services is considered to be providing “error-
free” services, at the right time, by the right person and with the least resources. In recent …

Background Today even low incidence of complications for mothers or neonates during
pregnancy, delivery or postpartum is unacceptable to the public and can result in claims …

Background and aim: In spite of scientific and technologic developments in medical
diagnosis and treatment, health providers' malpractices increased that can decrease …

Purpose: Defensive medicine is concerned with decisions made to avoid errors that could
result in serious consequences in terms of quality of care and efficient use of scarce health …

Background: Obstetricians, gynecologists, and midwives are the most common specialists of
the medical sciences group against whom medical malpractices are claimed, many of which …

Background: Medical errors are the main concerns in health systems, which considering
their ascending rate in the recent years, especially in the field of midwifery, have caused a …

Background and purpose: This research was carried out to investigate the obstetrics,
gynecology and midwifery malpractices reported to Ahvaz forensic center and medical …