Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Marrese V. Interqual, Inc
Author: Medical Malpractice on Trial
Author: Paul C. WeilerPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674561205
Category : Insurance, Physicians' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Medical malpractice has been at the center of recurring tort crises for the last quarter-century. In 1960, expenditures on medical liability insurance in the United States amounted to about $60 million. In 1988, the figure topped $7 billion. Physicians have responded not simply with expensive methods of "defensive medicine" but also with successful pressure upon state legislatures to cut back on the tort rights of seriously injured patients. Various reforms have been proposed to deal with the successive crises, but so far none have proved to be effective and fair. In this landmark book, Paul Weiler argues for a two-part approach to the medical malpractice crisis. First, he proposes a thorough revision of the current tort liability regime, which would concentrate available resources on meeting actual financial losses of seriously injured victims. It would also shift the focus of tort liability from the individual doctor to the hospital or other health care organization. This would elicit more effective quality assurance programs from the institutions that are in the best position to reduce our current unacceptable rate of physician-induced injuries. But in states such as New York, Florida, and Illinois, where the current situation seems to have gone beyond the help of even drastic tort reform, the preferred solution is a no-fault system. Weiler shows how such a system would provide more equitable compensation, more effective prevention, and more economical administration than any practical alternative.
California. Court of Appeal (4th Appellate District). Division 2. Records and Briefs
Author: California (State).Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Official Reports of the Supreme Court
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Problems in Health Care Law
Author: Robert MillerPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 0763745553
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 913
Book Description
This classic text has been extensively updated and restructured to use the "problems" approach which analyzes underlying, conflicting public policies and the legal solutions for those problems. It continues to be the helpful one-volume overview of healthcare law that it and its predecessor, Problems in Hospital Law, have been since 1968. Topics covered include: organizational, physical, and staffing resources; relationships with patients including both medical decision-making issues and the handling of medical information; financing of health care services; and liability issues.
Antitrust Law Developments
Author: Debra J. PearlsteinPublisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590310632
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Rev. ed. of : Antitrust law developments (fourth). c1997.
United States Reports
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Lombardo V. Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation
Author: Problems in Health Care Law
Author: Robert Desle MillerPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780763727727
Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Federal Trade Commission Decisions
Author: United States. Federal Trade CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Competition
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description