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Medical Malpractice Litigation
SKU: 9781948647793
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book-author | Bernard S. Black; David A. Hyman; Myungho Paik; William M. Sage; Charles Silver |
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Terms and Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: Why This Book Matters
- Chapter 2: Our Data Sources and Limitations
- Part One—Misdiagnosing the Problem: Texas’s Medical Malpractice Liability System in Action
- Chapter 3: The Texas Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis: Smoke without Much Fire
- Chapter 4: Haircuts: Jury Verdicts and Post-verdict Payouts
- Chapter 5: Impact of Policy Limits in Cases against Physicians
- Chapter 6: Defense Costs
- Part Two—Mistreating the Problem: The Impact of Tort Reform in Texas
- Chapter 7: The Impact of Capping Damages
- Chapter 8: Medical Malpractice Claiming by Elderly Patients
- Chapter 9: Defensive Medicine? Impact on Health Care Spending
- Chapter 10: Impact on Physician Supply in Texas
- Part Three—Mistreating the Problem: A National Perspective on the Impact of Medical Malpractice Reform
- Chapter 11: The Receding Tide of Medical Malpractice Litigation
- Chapter 12: Defensive Medicine in the New-Cap States
- Chapter 13: Does Tort Reform Attract Physicians to the New-Cap States?
- Part Four—If Damage Caps Aren’t the Answer, What Is?
- Chapter 14: Synthesis: Lessons and Pathologies
- Chapter 15: Reform Strategies: Toward a Better Medical Malpractice System
- Chapter 16: Three Concluding Points
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
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