Connell, Elizabeth B.,
Lawsuits Are Turning America's World-Class Health-Care System into.... Elizabeth B. Connell. - KRT News Service, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 9, Health, 1522-323X; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Lawsuits Are Turning America's World-Class Health-Care System into..., Sept. 26, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Medical technology and patient care have improved dramatically. We know exponentially more about many diseases and their treatment than we did a half-century ago. But one major trend--the trend toward more and more frivolous lawsuits--is threatening to destroy much of the progress we've made in medicine." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article explains how malpractice suits are hurting the American health care system.
1522-323X;
Actions and defenses
Damages
Health care reform
Insurance--Health--Law and legislation
Insurance--Malpractice
Physicians--Malpractice
AC1.S5
050
Lawsuits Are Turning America's World-Class Health-Care System into.... Elizabeth B. Connell. - KRT News Service, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 9, Health, 1522-323X; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Lawsuits Are Turning America's World-Class Health-Care System into..., Sept. 26, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Medical technology and patient care have improved dramatically. We know exponentially more about many diseases and their treatment than we did a half-century ago. But one major trend--the trend toward more and more frivolous lawsuits--is threatening to destroy much of the progress we've made in medicine." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article explains how malpractice suits are hurting the American health care system.
1522-323X;
Actions and defenses
Damages
Health care reform
Insurance--Health--Law and legislation
Insurance--Malpractice
Physicians--Malpractice
AC1.S5
050