10 ways to guarantee a lawsuit

10 ways to guarantee a lawsuit:" Here's some good—but often forgotten—news about 'the malpractice crisis': Most patients who suffer an injury as a result of medical negligence don't end up suing their doctors. Those who do, however, are often motivated not by the negligence itself, but by nonclinical factors like a lousy bedside manner or poor communication. These are the kinds of mistakes that are well within your power to fix. We interviewed malpractice attorneys—those who work for plaintiffs as well as for doctors—and risk management consultants to come up with the following list of 10 dumb things doctors frequently do that are likely to get them sued."