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Medical Malpractice (Book Review), Robert B. Leflar
Medical Malpractice (Book Review), Robert B. Leflar
Robert B Leflar
This is a review of Medical Malpractice, by Frank Sloan and Lindsey Chepke. This superb book provides a balanced, comprehensive, factual overview of the structure, flaws, and merits of the U.S. legal system relating to malpractice; the causes of cyclical insurance pricing and availability difficulties; ameliorative initiatives both implemented and proposed; and the political considerations affecting the achievability of leading reform proposals. The authors' evidence-based stances will discommode many participants in the malpractice debate, physicians and trial lawyers alike. The book debunks widely-held "myths of medical malpractice" propounded by medical tort reformers. However, the authors also conclude that "no convincing …
Review Of "Health Law And Bioethics: Cases In Context", Michele L. Mekel
Review Of "Health Law And Bioethics: Cases In Context", Michele L. Mekel
Michele L Mekel
A review of the book "Health Law and Bioethics: Cases in Context"