Medical Malpractice and the Contract/Tort Boundary

Medical malpractice and the contract/tort boundary.

Medical Malpractice Crisis Medical Malpractice Crisis

Medical malpractice.

Few issues in health care spark as much ire and angst as medical-malpractice litigation. Physicians revile malpractice claims as random events that visit unwarranted expense and emotional pain on competent, hardworking practitioners. Commentators lament the “lawsuit lottery,” which provides windfalls for some patients, but no compensation for the vast majority of patients injured by medical car...

The new medical malpractice crisis.

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Defensive Medicine and Medical Malpractice