Medico-Legal Complaints Against Dermatologists: Data From the Canadian Medical Protective Association, 2013 to 2022.

Background: Medico-legal complaints against physicians are a significant source of anxiety and could be associated with defensive medical practices that may correlate with poor patient outcomes. Little is known about patient concerns brought to regulatory bodies and courts against dermatologists in Canada.

Objective: To characterize factors contributing to medico-legal complaints brought against dermatologists in Canada.

Lessons Learned From a Retrospective Analysis of Medicolegal Risks for Physicians Treated Adolescents and Young Adults With Medical Complexity.

Purpose: Adolescent and young adult patients occupy a clinically transitional space between pediatric and adult care. Youth with chronic conditions and special healthcare needs may have trouble accessing and receiving appropriate care in this transition, which may lead to patient safety issues and medicolegal risks for physicians. The objectives of this article were to explore patient safety issues and identify medicolegal risks for physicians.

Medico-Legal Cases in Breast Imaging in Canada: A Trend Analysis.

Breast imaging accounts for a large proportion of medico-legal cases involving radiologists in several countries and may be a disincentive to breast imaging. As this has not been well studied in Canada, we evaluated the key medico-legal issues of breast imaging in Canada and their implications for health care providers and patient safety. In collaboration with Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), we obtained information from the medico-legal repository, including civil-legal, medical regulatory authority (College) and hospital complaints occurring between 2002-2021.

Promoting Best Practices in Assisted Human Reproduction.

Objectives: Assisted human reproduction (AHR) is a complex process of clinical, laboratory, and organizational activities that involve risk and safety. The regulation of the Canadian fertility industry is a mix of federal and provincial/territorial responsibility. Oversight of care is fragmented as patients, donors, and surrogates may each live in different jurisdictions.

Nurses' intentions to provide continuous labor support to women.

Objective: To examine the determinants of nurses' intentions to practice continuous labor support.

Design: A descriptive survey based on the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Setting: A large, urban Canadian hospital with 2 sites and 7,000 births per year.