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Health Policy Review

Medical Malpractice

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Since the 1980s, empirical analyses of the system of medical malpractice have revealed that it largely fails to provide reasonable compensation for injured individuals, or to provide appropriate incentive for safety and prevention. The most promising approaches for reform involve fundamental system changes rather than tinkering with tort doctrine.

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  • Standard of care
  • Harvard Medical Practice Study
  • patient safety
  • tort reform
  • system reform

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    David M. Studdert LLB, ScD, MPH, Michelle M. Mello JD, PhD, MPhil (Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Law) & Troyen A. Brennan MD, JD, MPH

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