Attitudes of physicians to medical malpractice litigation in Canada

This article reports the results of a survey of the attitudes of medical practitioners in the Sudbury and Manitoulin Health District of Northern Ontario with respect to their experience of litigation alleging medical malpractice. The survey is part of a research project, funded by the Foundation for Legal Research, Montreal, investigating the extent to which the very high incidence of medical litigation in the United States of America is likely to spread to Canada.