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Defensive medicine and medical malpractice.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Contributor:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Physicians--Malpractice--United States.
Physicians.
Malpractice insurance--United States.
Malpractice insurance.
Defensive medicine--United States.
Defensive medicine.
Medical care, Cost of--United States.
Medical care, Cost of.
Malpractice.
Health care reform.
Defensive Medicine.
Health Care Reform.
United States.
Liability, Legal.
malpractice.
Physicians--Malpractice.
Medical Subjects:
Defensive Medicine.
Malpractice.
Health Care Reform.
United States.
Liability, Legal.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (v, 182 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : United States Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1994.
Summary:
This Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) study of defensive medicine grew out of congressional interest in understanding the extent to which defensive medicine does indeed, influence medical practice and how various approaches to reforming the malpractice system might alter these behaviors.
Notes:
Title from title screen (viewed May 12, 2003).
"July 1994; OTA-H-602."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-178) and index.
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
Other Format:
Defensive medicine and medical malpractice
OCLC:
52002730
Access Restriction:
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