10 Ways To Protect Yourself From Patient Complaints  Thursday,
January 27, 2011 |  This entry is prompted by a recent question
from one of my MOs. I believe we have quite a number of young
doctors reading the blog, so I hope you will find this useful.
Administrators, consider yourself warned that you may find the
following content 'disturbing'. :)  10. Avoid high-risk
patients.  If you're wondering whether I can quote at least 1
randomized controlled trial, preferably triple-blinded, with p
value less than 0.0000001, you are sadly mistaken. Is there a
one-size-fits-all high-risk profile? Probably not. Based on
personal experience, we tend to develop our own sets of
criteria, and with time, through trial and error, you will
discover yours.  I know what mine are, but posting them on a
public site may be construed by certain 'sensitive
personalities' as an example of 'causing societal disharmony',
if you catch my drift.  However, the one characteristic I would
probably consider a universal precaution is any pat