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The Impact of Emergency Physician Empathy on Litigation Propensity

NCT01837706 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 437

Last updated 2014-10-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to observe whether people would report being less likely to sue a physician who shows more empathy when giving a patient potentially bad news regarding their medical condition.

Conditions

  • Empathy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Loma Linda University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dustin Smith, MD · Loma Linda University

  • Ellen Reibling, PhD · Loma Linda University

  • Jesse Kellar, MD · Loma Linda University

  • Steve Green, MD · Loma Linda University

  • Elizabeth Walters, MD · Loma Linda University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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