Medical Malpractice: Its Cause and Cure
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Description
I want to accomplish two distinct, but closely related tasks in this paper. First, I hope to give some explanation of the origin of the current medical malpractice problem, by showing how the traditional negligence standard of reasonable care has been transformed and expanded by courts in recent years. Second, I want to evaluate two possible responses to the current situation, one that would place greater reliance upon the traditional devices of private contract, and one—the various no-fault medical plans, including so-called medical adversity insurance—that would use direct administrative controls to provide, if anything, expanded protection to the victims of medical injury.
Source Publication
The Economics of Medical Malpractice
Source Editors/Authors
Simon Rottenberg
Publication Date
1978
Recommended Citation
Epstein, Richard A., "Medical Malpractice: Its Cause and Cure" (1978). Faculty Chapters. 420.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/420
