Suppose a patient threatens to sue a physician for negligence regarding the outcome of a procedure, but instead agrees not to sue in return for having a corrective procedure performed at no cost to the patient. The patient's acceptance of the offer for a corrective procedure represents which aspect of mediation?

Alright so I had to research this briefly.

I believe the correct form is mediation-arbitration (med-arb). In med-arb, the parties first reach an agreement, then proceed to write it out formally for documentation

The patient's acceptance of the offer of a corrective procedure represents an aspect of agreement between the parties. That is, before the agreement, instances such as:

Presentation and Start of Mediation

Presentation of the parties

Opening of the mediation session

Rules of Procedure

Confidentiality Agreement (if applicable)

Individualized exposure of the conflict

Interest and needs detection

Selection of options and proposals

Agreement