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Health Bills: What's At The Core, Robert B. Leflar
Health Bills: What's At The Core, Robert B. Leflar
Robert B Leflar
Column 2 (of 5) on the health reform debate: explanation of the legislation.
Health Care: Yellow Lights, Red Flags, Robert B. Leflar
Health Care: Yellow Lights, Red Flags, Robert B. Leflar
Robert B Leflar
Column 1 (of 5) on the health reform debate
Research Governance Lessons From The National Placebo Initiative, Heather Sampson, Charles Weijer, Daryl Pullman
Research Governance Lessons From The National Placebo Initiative, Heather Sampson, Charles Weijer, Daryl Pullman
Charles Weijer
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The Regulation Of Medical Malpractice In Japan, Robert Leflar
The Regulation Of Medical Malpractice In Japan, Robert Leflar
Robert B Leflar
How Japanese legal and social institutions handle medical errors is little known outside Japan. For almost all of the 20th century, a paternalistic paradigm prevailed. Characteristics of the legal environment affecting Japanese medicine included few attorneys handling medical cases, low litigation rates, long delays, predictable damage awards, and low-cost malpractice insurance. However, transparency principles have gained traction and public concern over medical errors has intensified. Recent legal developments include courts' adoption of a less deferential standard of informed consent; increases in the numbers of malpractice claims and of practicing attorneys; more efficient claims handling by specialist judges and speedier trials; …