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1、ANANALYSISOFFACTORSASSOCIATEDWITHRESPONSIBILITYATTRIBUTIONININCIDENTSOFMEDICALMALPRACTICEByThomasMichaelO’ToolePhD,UniversityofKansas,2007SubmittedtotheDepartmentofCommunicationStudiesandtheFacultyoftheGraduateSchooloftheUniversityofKansasInpartialfu

2、lfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofDoctorofPhilosophy___________________________chairperson____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Datedefended:______________UMINumber:3289472UM

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4、48106-1346TheDissertationCommitteeforThomasMichaelO’Toolecertifiesthatthisistheapprovedversionofthefollowingdissertation:ANANALYSISOFFACTORSASSOCIATEDWITHRESPONSIBILITYATTRIBUTIONININCIDENTSOFMEDICALMALPRACTICECommittee:chairperson___________________

5、_________________________________________________________________________________________Dateapproved:______________2CHAPTERONE:IntroductionThisstudywillexaminetheroleofseverityeffectsandelectivenessinmedicalmalpracticelitigation.Theinfluenceofseveri

6、tyeffectswithinthelegalsettinghasbeenwidelystudiedwithvaryingresults,whichmaybeduetothelackofaconsistent,situationalcontextacrossallstudies.Consequently,theinconclusivefindingsofpriorresearchsuggestitmaybemoreproductivetostudytheinfluenceofseverityef

7、fectswithinaspecificcontextsuchasmedicalmalpractice.Furthermore,thisresearchwillintroduceelectivenessasanadditionalextra-legalfactorwhichinfluencestheattributionofresponsibilityininstancesofmedicalmalpractice.Attributionofresponsibilityliesattheheart

8、ofourprofessional,social,andpoliticalexistence.Professionally,itorganizesanddefinestheroleswithinthecorporateentitiesofwhichweareemployed.Itfunctionsasabasisforthedivisionoflaboralongwiththeinitiation,promotionandterminationofourcareers.Outsideofourc