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The medical malpractice myth /

American health care is in crisis because of exploding medical malpractice litigation. Insurance premiums for doctors and malpractice lawsuits are skyrocketing, rendering doctors both afraid and unable to afford to practice medicine. Undeserving victims sue at the drop of a hat, egged on by greedy l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baker, Tom, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:American health care is in crisis because of exploding medical malpractice litigation. Insurance premiums for doctors and malpractice lawsuits are skyrocketing, rendering doctors both afraid and unable to afford to practice medicine. Undeserving victims sue at the drop of a hat, egged on by greedy lawyers, and receive eye-popping awards that insurance companies, hospitals, and doctors themselves struggle to pay. The plaintiffs and lawyers always win; doctors, and the nonlitigious, always lose; and affordable health care is the real victim. This, according to Tom Baker, is the myth of medical m.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (214 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-202) and index.
ISBN:9780226036502
0226036502
9780226036489
0226036480