Ill-suited?
Subtitle: medical malpractice at a crossroads
By: Frank A. Sloan and Lindsey M. Chepke.
Contributors: Chepke, Lindsey M.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780262195720
Subjects: Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- United States; Insurance, Liability -- Malpractice -- United States; Insurance, Liability -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Malpractice -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Insurance, Liability -- economics -- United States; Malpractice -- economics -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why the crisis in medical malpractice?; title: An increased threat of lawsuits and higher premiums : the consequences; title: Governments? : responses to the crises and their effects; title: Ceilings on non-monetary and total losses; title: Compensating plaintiffs? : attorneys; title: Juries and health courts; title: Patient safety; title: Insurance and insurance regulation; title: Reinsurance; title: No fault for medical injuries; title: Reforms : what can be done.