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Resolving The Medical Malpractice Crisis: Alternatives To Litigation, Allen K. Hutkin
Resolving The Medical Malpractice Crisis: Alternatives To Litigation, Allen K. Hutkin
Journal of Law and Health
This article will review the societal and individual costs of the present medical malpractice system, analyze current efforts to reform the system, and propose several alternatives for consideration. These alternatives include expanding the use of alternative dispute resolution, reformulating the doctor/patient relationship, expanding the scope of conventional hospital risk management and modifying the manner in which medical malpractice insurance is presently provided.
Recovery Of Limited Damages In Wrongful Pregnancy Action: Johnson V. University Hospitals Of Cleveland, Liza F. Cohen
Recovery Of Limited Damages In Wrongful Pregnancy Action: Johnson V. University Hospitals Of Cleveland, Liza F. Cohen
Journal of Law and Health
The birth of a healthy, normal child in American society is generally considered a "blessed event." This is not always so when the pregnancy is unwanted or unplanned. Joy is not always followed by the birth of a child whose mother's pregnancy resulted from a failed sterilization or a failed abortion because of a physician's negligent act. The abortion or sterilization may have been sought because of the fear that a pregnancy would result in a child who might threaten the mother's physical wellbeing or would put a financial strain on the family. Such negligence on the part of a …