* Work on this Article was supported by grant number HS 01539 from the National Center for Health Services Research, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. ** Research Attorney, Program on Legal Issues in Health Care, Duke University. A.B. 1968, University of Chicago; J.D. 1971, Harvard Law School. THE FOLLOWING CITATIONS WILL BE USED IN THIS ARTICLE: A. HOLDER, MEDICAL MALP...

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