THE SURGICAL LITIGATION CRISIS: Medical Practice and Legal Reform
| Author: | Smith, Joseph Wayne | |
| Year: | 2010 | |
| Pages: | 168 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-1407-X 978-0-7734-1407-5 | |
| Price: | $159.95 + shipping | |
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The authors bring together a new legal and medical analysis of history and developments in the area of malpractice litigation. The book provides a valuable resource for doctors, lawyers and patients/consumers, especially in terms of its in-depth examination of the components of the surgical litigation crisis and legal reform.
Reviews
“. . . provides a sound basis from which urgent, current problems can be addressed and much better solutions can be debated and planned.”
– Prof. Bruce Hugman
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
“. . . makes a seminal contribution to an increasingly controversial area of law.”
– Dr. Paul Babie
University of Adelaide
Table of Contents
Foreword by Hon. Geoffrey Davies AO
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
The Nature of the Surgical Litigation Crisis
Introduction: Statement of the Argument
Is There a Surgical Litigation Crisis?
Causes and Controversies
Chapter 2
The Importance of Risk Management and Improved Surgeon-Patient Relationships
Medical Error Elimination and Risk Management Strategies
When Errors Occur
Chapter 3
Taming Torts: Legal Reform and the No-Fault System
The Limits of Torts: Medical Error and the No-Fault System
Chapter 4
Other Legal Reforms: Beyond the Adversarial System
Junk Science, “Hired-Gun” Experts, Evidence-Based Medicine and Evidence-Based Law
A More Rational Health Court System?
Beyond the Adversarial System
Chapter 5
Conclusion:
“Muddling Through”: The Limits of Law
Afterword by Dr Paul Babie
Notes
Bibliography
Index