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  1. the Program in Health Policy Studies, University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan

    Marilynn Rosenthal PhD

  2. Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, 02115, Boston, MA

    Troyen A. Brennan MD, JD

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Brennan, T.A., Rosenthal, M. Medical malpractice reform. J Gen Intern Med 10, 211–218 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600257

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