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Medical malpractice / Frank A. Sloan and Lindsey M. Chepke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sloan, Frank A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical personnel--Malpractice--United States.
- Medical personnel.
- Liability insurance--Malpractice--United States.
- Liability insurance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (469 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Economist Frank Sloan and lawyer Lindsey Chepke examine the U.S. medical malpractice process from legal, medical, economic & insurance perspectives, analyse past efforts at reform, & offer policy recommendations.
- 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:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-440) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-26117-0
- 1-282-09936-1
- 9786612099366
- 0-262-28380-8
- 1-4356-2801-2
- OCLC:
- 191868342
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