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INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Michelle Mello, MPhil, JD, PhD

Michelle Mello is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Professor of Health Research and Policy at Stanford University School of Medicine. She conducts empirical research into issues at the intersection of law, ethics, and health policy. We spoke with her about legal issues in patient safety.

PERSPECTIVE

Doctors With Multiple Malpractice Claims, Disciplinary Actions, and Complaints: What Do We Know?

David Studdert, LLB, ScD

This piece explores the risk of recurring medicolegal events among providers who have received unsolicited patient complaints, faced disciplinary actions by medical boards, or accumulated malpractice claims.

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