The medical malpractice myth
By: Tom Baker.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Physicians -- Malpractice -- United States; Actions and defenses -- United States; Insurance, Physicians' liability -- United States; Malpractice -- trends -- United States; Economics, Medical -- United States; Quality of Health Care -- United States; Insurance, Liability -- economics -- United States; Jurisprudence -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: The medical malpractice myth; title: An epidemic of medical malpractice, not malpractice lawsuits; title: An insurance crisis, not a tort crisis; title: The malpractice insurance companies' secret; title: Why we need medical malpractice lawsuits; title: The goods on defensive medicine; title: Dr. Bill may be gone, but Dr. Jane is here to see you; title: Evidence-based medical liability reform.