Medical malpractice in the military.

摘要

In this time of increased military involvement overseas, providing medical care to armed-forces personnel presents formidable challenges. The conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have increased the volume and acuteness of injuries among active-duty service personnel while forcing military medical providers to render care in austere environments. Military physicians provide high-quality medical care worldwide, tackling medical and resource problems that civilian providers rarely encounter.1 However, the conditions under which care is rendered and the volume of encounters make it inevitable that service members will suffer injuries due to medical care. As in the civilian sector, some of these injuries will be attributable to malpractice.