Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published online 1997-6
Making Attributions to the Physician following Closing Arguments of a Simulated Medical Malpractice Suit: Jurors' Sex,Health Locus of Control,and Locus of Authority
This study examined jurors' health locus of control, locus of authority, sex, and attribution assigned to the physician in a simulated trial by subject-jurors. Subjects viewed videotaped closing arguments of a fictionalized medical malpractice case and assigned fault to each party in the case. The primary finding was that women tended to assign greater responsibility (57.00%) to the physician than did men (37.92%).
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