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Medical malpractice / Frank A. Sloan and Lindsey M. Chepke.
Van Pelt Library KF2905.3 .S58 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sloan, Frank A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical personnel--Malpractice--United States.
- Medical personnel.
- Liability insurance--Law and legislation--United States.
- Liability insurance.
- Insurance, Liability--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Liability insurance--Law and legislation.
- Medical personnel--Malpractice.
- United States.
- Malpractice--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Insurance, Liability--economics.
- Malpractice--economics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Insurance, Liability--legislation & jurisprudence.
- United States.
- Malpractice--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Insurance, Liability--economics.
- Malpractice--economics.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-440) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262195720
- 0262195720
- OCLC:
- 124505704
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