Medical malpractice and the U.S. health care system / edited by William M. Sage, Rogan Kersh.
2006
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Medical malpractice and the U.S. health care system / edited by William M. Sage, Rogan Kersh.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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1 online resource (xii, 393 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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The medical malpractice system : structure and performance / Michelle M. Mello and David M. Studdert
Malpractice reform as a health policy problem / William M. Sage
Medical malpractice and the new politics of health care / Rogan Kersh
Who pays when malpractice premiums rise? / Mark V. Pauly
The effects of the U.S. malpractice system on the cost and quality of care / David J. Becker and Daniel P. Kessler
Liability, patient safety, and defensive medicine : what does the future hold? / Troyen A. Brennan, Michelle M. Mello, and David M. Studdert
Medical liability and the culture of technology / Peter D. Jacobson
Promoting fairness in the medical malpractice system / Maxwell J. Mehlman
Caps and the construction of damages in medical malpractice cases / Catherine M. Sharkey
Expertise and the legal process / Catherine T. Struve
Disclosure and fair resolution of adverse events / Carol B. Liebman and Chris Stern Hyman
Enterprise liability in the twenty-first century / Randall R. Bovbjerg and Robert Berenson
Private contractual alternatives to malpractice liability / Jennifer Arlen
Medical malpractice insurance reform : "enterprise insurance" and some alternatives / Tom Baker
Governments as insurers in professional and hospital liability insurance markets / Frank A. Sloan and Charles E. Eesley
Medicare-led malpractice reform / William M. Sage and Eleanor D. Kinney.
Malpractice reform as a health policy problem / William M. Sage
Medical malpractice and the new politics of health care / Rogan Kersh
Who pays when malpractice premiums rise? / Mark V. Pauly
The effects of the U.S. malpractice system on the cost and quality of care / David J. Becker and Daniel P. Kessler
Liability, patient safety, and defensive medicine : what does the future hold? / Troyen A. Brennan, Michelle M. Mello, and David M. Studdert
Medical liability and the culture of technology / Peter D. Jacobson
Promoting fairness in the medical malpractice system / Maxwell J. Mehlman
Caps and the construction of damages in medical malpractice cases / Catherine M. Sharkey
Expertise and the legal process / Catherine T. Struve
Disclosure and fair resolution of adverse events / Carol B. Liebman and Chris Stern Hyman
Enterprise liability in the twenty-first century / Randall R. Bovbjerg and Robert Berenson
Private contractual alternatives to malpractice liability / Jennifer Arlen
Medical malpractice insurance reform : "enterprise insurance" and some alternatives / Tom Baker
Governments as insurers in professional and hospital liability insurance markets / Frank A. Sloan and Charles E. Eesley
Medicare-led malpractice reform / William M. Sage and Eleanor D. Kinney.
Summary
Medical malpractice lawsuits are common and controversial in the United States. Since early 2002, doctors' insurance premiums for malpractice coverage have soared. As Congress and state governments debate laws intended to stabilize the cost of insurance, doctors continue to blame lawyers and lawyers continue to blame doctors and insurance companies. This book, which is the capstone of three years' comprehensive research funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, goes well beyond the conventional debate over tort reform and connects medical liability to broader trends and goals in American health policy. Contributions from leading figures in health law and policy marshal the best available information, present new empirical evidence, and offer cutting-edge analysis of potential reforms involving patient safety, liability insurance and tort litigation.
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Cambridge Core.
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English
ISBN
9780511617836 ebook
9780521849326 (hardback)
9780521614115 (paperback)
9780521849326 (hardback)
9780521614115 (paperback)
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