Reality Check: How Malpractice Facts Changed Malpractice Liability Theory
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Description
States impose malpractice liability for medical negligence in order to induce medical providers to invest adequately in patient safety. The central challenge is how to structure liability to induce physicians and medical institutions to invest optimally in patient safety.
Source Publication
Empirical Legal Analysis: Assessing the Performance of Legal Institutions
Source Editors/Authors
Yun-chien Chang
Publication Date
2014
Recommended Citation
Arlen, Jennifer H., "Reality Check: How Malpractice Facts Changed Malpractice Liability Theory" (2014). Faculty Chapters. 204.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/204
