Medical malpractice : a comprehensive analysis /
The healthcare delivery system in the United States is inundated with medical malpractice and liability issues, and there is no consensus about causes or solutions. Both physicians and an alliance of lawyers and consumer groups agree that there is a crisis, but physicians claim that the current medi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2001.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 031300398X 9780313003981 0865692793 9780865692794 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Preface
- 1 Opening Statement
- 2 Malpractice Claims
- 3 Severity of Medical Malpractice Claims
- 4 Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums
- 5 Dental Malpractice
- 6 Politics of Malpractice
- 7 Medical Malpractice and the Supply of Physicians
- 8 Malpractice and Defensive Medicine
- 9 Malpractice and Health Care Costs
- 10 Closing Statement
- Appendix I: Statistical Methods
- Appendix II
- Selected Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index