| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 458 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-440) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- United States.
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Medical personnel -- Malpractice. |
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United States. |
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Liability insurance -- United States -- Malpractice.
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Liability insurance. |
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Malpractice. |
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Insurance, Liability -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Malpractice -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Insurance, Liability -- economics. |
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Malpractice -- economics. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chepke, Lindsey M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sloan, Frank A. Medical malpractice. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008 9780262195720 0262195720 (DLC) 2007019119 (OCoLC)124505704 |
| ISBN |
9780262283809 (electronic book) |
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0262283808 (electronic book) |
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9781435628014 (electronic book) |
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1435628012 (electronic book) |
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1282099361 |
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9781282099364 |
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9780262195720 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0262195720 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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