146: Entry Related Complications in Laparoscopy and Their Medical Liability Insurance

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. S54-S55 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.W. Jansen ◽  
J. Wind ◽  
J.E.L. Cremeres ◽  
W.A. Bemelman
Keyword(s):  
Liability Insurance ◽  
Medical Liability ◽  
Medical Liability Insurance

The Pediatrician and Malpractice

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-401
Author(s):  
Rowine Hayes Brown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Liability Insurance ◽  
Medical Liability ◽  
United States Today ◽  
Medical Liability Insurance

The issue of medical liability has reached crisis proportions in the United States today. Such is a consequence of the burgeoning number of suits, the exorbitant damages awarded, and the excessive premiums or inavailability of medical liability insurance. Pediatrics has until recently been a low-risk specialty, but now suits are being brought against pediatricians with increasing frequency, especially against neonatologists. Medical liability suits are brought on many different legal theories. Broad attempts are being made to solve the problem. Pediatricians can and should take prophylactic steps to ward off such suits.

Medical Liability Insurance and Damage Caps: Getting beyond Band Aids to Substantive Systems Treatment to Improve Quality and Safety in Healthcare

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan A. Liang ◽  
LiLan Ren
Keyword(s):  
Defensive Medicine ◽  
Liability Insurance ◽  
Medical Liability ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Hospital Access ◽  
Malpractice Insurance ◽  
Risk Patients ◽  
Perception Of Self ◽  
Provider Perception ◽  
Medical Liability Insurance

The medical liability crisis is affecting our healthcare system. Medical liability and limited physician and hospital access to malpractice insurance have pushed many providers to leave their states, reduce their services, or simply retire. For many, a labor of love has become an agonizing search for insurance to ensure continued practice in an industry for which they trained eight, fifteen, or even twenty years. Limited insurance and potential liability has also led to defensive medicine, in which providers try to avoid lawsuits by ordering tests, procedures, and anything else that might help protect against liability. Moreover, providers may also attempt to avoid high-risk patients or practices altogether to limit opportunities for lawsuits. Although it is questionable whether these efforts actually help, the provider perception of self-preservation through defensive medicine is undeniable—and providers, like everyone, act on their perceptions.

Medical Liability Insurance

1984 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. OʼLeary ◽  
Richard Kahan
Keyword(s):  
Liability Insurance ◽  
Medical Liability ◽  
Medical Liability Insurance
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