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994223
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b748593
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Baker, Tom,1959-
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| Title & Author
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The medical malpractice myth /\ Tom Baker.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (214 pages)
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| ISBN
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0226036480
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: 0226036502
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: 9780226036489
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: 9780226036502
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0226036480
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-202) and index.
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| Contents
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The medical malpractice myth -- An epidemic of medical malpractice, not malpractice lawsuits -- An insurance crisis, not a tort crisis -- The malpractice insurance companies' secret -- Why we need medical malpractice lawsuits -- The goods on defensive medicine -- Dr. Bill may be gone, but Dr. Jane is here to see you -- Evidence-based medical liability reform.
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| Abstract
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American health care is in crisis because of exploding medical malpractice litigation. Insurance premiums for doctors and malpractice lawsuits are skyrocketing, rendering doctors both afraid and unable to afford to practice medicine. Undeserving victims sue at the drop of a hat, egged on by greedy lawyers, and receive eye-popping awards that insurance companies, hospitals, and doctors themselves struggle to pay. The plaintiffs and lawyers always win; doctors, and the nonlitigious, always lose; and affordable health care is the real victim. This, according to Tom Baker, is the myth of medical m.
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Actions and defenses-- United States.
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Physicians' malpractice insurance-- United States.
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Physicians-- Malpractice-- United States.
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Economics, Medical.
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Insurance, Liability-- economics.
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Jurisprudence.
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Malpractice-- trends.
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Quality of Health Care.
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Actions et défenses-- États-Unis.
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Assurance de responsabilité médicale-- États-Unis.
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Économie de la santé-- États-Unis.
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Médecins-- Responsabilité professionnelle-- États-Unis.
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Actions and defenses.
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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Physicians' malpractice insurance.
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Physicians-- Malpractice.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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346.7303/3
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| LC Classification
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KF2905.3B35 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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2005 N-223
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W 44 AA1B126m 2005
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