Malpractice Crisis and Reform

• Autores: Randall R. Bovbjerg
• Localización: Clinics in Perinatology, ISSN 0095-5108, Vol. 32, Nº. 1, 2005 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Risk management in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine / coord. por Marcus C. Hermansem), págs. 203-233
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Medical liability coverage has become increasingly expensive and scarce since 2001, especially for obstetrics and other high-risk specialties. Physicians, whose own fees are constrained, see this as a crisis needing tort reform to cap payouts. Plaintiffs' lawyers fight caps; they blame insurance trends and call for stronger regulation of insurers and physicians.