Analysis of Inadequacies in Hospital Care through Medical Liability Litigation

Medical Malpractice in Perspective: Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act

Analysis of closed medical litigation in urology

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to provide a descriptive understanding of the characteristics of malpractice litigation related to urology by examining court cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 6,074 court cases related to medical malpractice litigation filed between 2005 and 2010 were received from the Lower Courts, the Appellate Courts, and the Supreme Court of Korea. Of the rec...

Statistical Evidence in Products Liability Litigation

§ 30A:1 Overview § 30A:2 Litigation Context of Statistical Issues § 30A:3 Qualification of Expert Witnesses Who Give Testimony on Statistical Issues § 30A:4 Admissibility of Statistical Evidence—Rules 702 and 703 § 30A:5 Significance Probability § 30A:5.1 Definition of Significance Probability (The “p-value”) § 30A:5.2 The Transposition Fallacy § 30A:5.3 Confusion Between Significance Probabili...

analysis of power in the network society

اندیشمندان و صاحب نظران علوم اجتماعی بر این باورند که مرحله تازه ای در تاریخ جوامع بشری اغاز شده است. ویژگیهای این جامعه نو را می توان پدیده هایی از جمله اقتصاد اطلاعاتی جهانی ، هندسه متغیر شبکه ای، فرهنگ مجاز واقعی ، توسعه حیرت انگیز فناوری های دیجیتال، خدمات پیوسته و نیز فشردگی زمان و مکان برشمرد. از سوی دیگر قدرت به عنوان موضوع اصلی علم سیاست جایگاه مهمی در روابط انسانی دارد، قدرت و بازتولید...

Medical liability and health care reform.

We examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on medical liability and the controversy over whether federal medical reform including a damages cap could make a useful contribution to health care reform. By providing guaranteed access to health care insurance at community rates, the ACA could reduce the problem of under-compensation resulting from damages caps. However, it may also exac...