Medical Malpractice: Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy

by Patricia M. Danzon

How often are patients seriously injured through faulty medical care? And what proportion of these people receive compensation for their injuries and suffering? This is the first book that tries to answer these questions in a careful, scholarly way. Among its important findings is that at most one in ten patients injured through medical negligence receives compensation through the malpractice system. The focus of public attention has been on the rising...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674561155
• ISBN13: 9780674561151
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"