The Lawyers' Role in Medical Malpractice Claims
- 6 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 296 (1) , 24-25
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197701062960107
Abstract
The literature of the medical malpractice crisis has been reaching overkill proportions. Yet the amount of fundamental research is still very, very thin in many areas. The darkest corners are still reserved for insurance practices and the volume and nature of claims. Next is the practice of the lawyers in the field.Very little notice has been given in the literature to a Comprehensive study of how lawyers actually handle malpractice cases. This study was supported by the Secretary's Commission on Medical Malpractice.1 Because the study was completed very late in the period of operation of the Commission itself, it . . .Keywords
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- Malpractice Crisis: The Flood of LegislationNew England Journal of Medicine, 1975