Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-388) and index.
Contents:
The medical malpractice system : structure and performance -- Malpractice reform as a health policy problem -- Medical malpractice and the new politics of health care -- Who pays when malpractice premiums rise? -- The effects of the U.S. malpractice system on the cost and quality of care -- Liability, patient safety, and defensive medicine : what does the future hold? -- Medical liability and the culture of technology -- Promoting fairness in the medical malpractice system -- Caps and the construction of damages in medical malpractice cases -- Expertise and the legal process -- Disclosure and fair resolution of adverse events -- Enterprise liability in the twenty-first century -- Private contractual alternatives to malpractice liability -- Medical malpractice insurance reform : "enterprise insurance" and some alternatives -- Governments as insurers in professional and hospital liability insurance markets -- Medicare-led malpractice reform.
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