Medical malpractice
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
c2008.
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Why the crisis in medical malpractice?
- An increased threat of lawsuits and higher premiums : the consequences
- Governments' responses to medical malpractice crises
- and their effects
- Ceilings on nonmonetary and total losses
- Compensating plaintiffs' attorneys
- Juries and health courts
- Patient safety and medical malpractice
- Medical malpractice insurance and insurance regulation
- Reinsurance
- No-fault for medical injuries
- Reforms : what can be done.