The Medical Malpractice Myth
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Physicians - malpractice, actions and defenses, Physicians' malpractice insurance, medical economics, jurisprudence, quality of healthcare
Repository Citation
Baker, Tom, "The Medical Malpractice Myth" (2005). Books. 4.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_books/4