Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Tom Baker: The Medical Malpractice Myth

University of Chicago Press

In The Medical Malpractice Myth legal scholar Tom Baker does exactly what the title promises: demolishes the claim that health care is in a litigation crisis--that "lawyers are filing baseless suits against hospitals and doctors," as President George W. Bush described it earlier this year. On the contrary, there are lawsuits because there is malpractice and the rise in damage awards has only mirrored the rise in medical costs.

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