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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.

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Kategoria Books in English Law Laws of Specific jurisdictions Legal system: general

• Pełny tytuł: Medical Malpractice on Trial
• Autor: Paul C. Weiler
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 240
• EAN: 9780674561205
• ISBN: 0674561201
• ID: 05152019
• Wydawca: Harvard University Press
• Waga: 499 g
• Wymiary: 241 × 157 × 21 mm
• Data wydania: 01. May 1991

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