The Impact of Emergency Physician Empathy on Litigation Propensity

Completed

Conditions studied: Empathy

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01837706

Run by

Loma Linda University

People needed

437

Starts

2013-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-10-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Emergency Room Patient

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English speaking
• Not healthy enough to be in waiting room

Where it is running

• Loma Linda University Emergency Department — Loma Linda, California, United States

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