Suing for Medical Malpractice

Frank A. Sloan, Penny B. Githens, Ellen Wright Clayton, Gerald B. Hickson (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

276 Seiten

1993
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-76279-1 (ISBN)

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Medical malpractice suits today can result in multi-million-dollar settlements, and a practicing physician can pay $100,000 or more annually for malpractice insurance. Some complain that lawyers and plaintiffs are overcompensated by exorbitant judgments that add to the rising cost of health care. But there has been very little evidence to show whether these arguments are true. In this timely work, six experts in health policy, law, and medicine study nearly 200 malpractice claims to show that, contrary to popular perceptions, victims of malpractice are not overcompensated and our legal system for dealing with malpractice claims is not defective. The authors survey claims filed in Florida between 1986 and 1989 by people who suffered permanent injury or death during birth or during treatment in an emergency room. How often did illegitimate claims result in financial awards? What was the relation between the injury and the amount the patient lost economically? How much did the plaintiffs actually recover? How did the claimants choose their lawyers and what kind of relationship did they have?
Contrary to common perceptions, in the majority of cases the claims were merited, and the authors found that claimants were on average substantially undercompensated--only about one-fifth of plaintiffs recovered more than their economic loss caused by injury or death. The evidence in this book suggests that placing dollar limits on malpractice cases is unjustified and that our tort system is not so faulty after all.

Frank Sloan is the J. Alexander McMahon Professor of Health Policy and Management and professor of cconomics at Duke University. He is also the director of the Center for Health Policy, Law and Management at Duke. Before coming to Duke, he was a research economist at the Rand Corporation and on the faculties of the University of Florida and Vanderbilt University.

List of Tables List of Figures List of Boxes Preface Acknowledgments Ch. 1: Setting the Stage Frank A. Sloan Ch. 2: The Sample Frank A. Sloan, Penny B. Githens. Ch. 3: The Injuries, Antecedents, and Consequences Frank A. Sloan Ch. 4: Doctor-Patient Relationships Ellen Wright Clayton, Gerald B. Hickson, Penny B. Githens, Frank A. Sloan. Ch. 5: Lawyer-Client Relationships Ellen Wright Clayton, David F. Partlett. Ch. 6: Liability Gerald B. Hickson, Douglas A. Gentile, Penny B. Githens, Frank A. Sloan. Ch. 7: Cost of Injuries Frank A. Sloan, Stephen S. van Wert. Ch. 8: The Dispute Resolution Process Frank A. Sloan, Penny B. Githens, Gerald B. Hickson. Ch. 9: Compensation Frank A. Sloan, Penny B. Githens, Gerald B. Hickson, Stephen S. van Wert. Ch. 10: Policy Implications Frank A. Sloan Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.9.1993
Sprache	englisch
Maße	16 x 24 mm
Gewicht	709 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	0-226-76279-3 / 0226762793
ISBN-13	978-0-226-76279-1 / 9780226762791
Zustand	Neuware