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- Title
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL: REALITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA'S MEDICAL LIABILITY SYSTEM-AND THE NEED FOR FINDING ALTERNATIVE JUSTICE FOR MEDICAL LIABILITY PLAINTIFFS.
- Authors
Nicholas, Mary Caroline
- Abstract
The article will examine issues surrounding medical liability cases, actions taken by the Pennsylvania state legislature attendant there to and the new alternative opportunities for medical malpractice plaintiffs. It mentions driving forces behind the medical malpractice system are these longstanding social policies and threat of litigation will cause physicians to practice safer medicine. It also mentions realities of medical malpractice litigation prove the policy implications.
- Subjects
LEGAL liability; MEDICAL malpractice; DEFENSIVE medicine; PENNSYLVANIA. General Assembly; PHYSICIANS
- Publication
University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 2020, Vol 81, Issue 4, p825
- ISSN
0041-9915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5195/lawreview.2020.782