Compensation for Birth-Related Injury

Impact of the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) on Obstetrician and Attorney Practices

As health reform continues to unfold nationally, one of the more dramatic strategies for reform of the current medical liability system is to move towards a no-fault compensation system. Although, no state has established a comprehensive no-fault medical malpractice system, the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) is a unique and rare working model of a func...

Compensation for trial-related injury: does simplicity compromise fairness?

This paper examines the following ethically and epidemiologicallyrelevant challenges, as yet neglected in public health ethics: howto distribute resources and health risks and benefits, how to defineevidentiary criteria that justify public health interventions, andhow to define terms in which programme goals, successes, andfailures will be assessed and monitored. We illu...

Compensation guidelines for research related injury in India.

Age-related injury and compensation claim rates in heavy industry.

BACKGROUND Although ageing workers face specific health and safety concerns, conflicting evidence exists regarding the effects of age on workplace injury rates and workers' compensation claims. AIMS To examine injury and workers' compensation claim rates by age and injury type in an aluminium smelter over a 9-year period. METHODS Routinely collected data for workplace injuries and workers' ...

Putting patients first: draft guidelines for compensation for research-related injury in clinical trials in India.

Whilst, on one hand, health activists have struggled for greater regulation, the state has been half-hearted in implementation of its own legislations (2). Often, powerful lobbies of medical professionals have scuttled any substantial attempts to implement regulatory laws. Whilst individual cases of medical negligence continue to hit the headlines, litigation has increased and ‘accreditation’ i...