The state of medical malpractice caused by private practice physicians (2010-2012): analysis through incident reports at Korean Medical Association Medical Indemnities Mutuals

The American Medical Association was organized in 1847. Its original aim was the improvement of medical education in the United States. This still remains one of its important activities but the Association has expanded tremendously since its formation. It now consists of 2,011 component county and district societies and 53 constituent associations in the States, Territories and Possessions. County and district societies elect delegates to the state associations and the whole membership of these county societies takes part in their election. These delegates form a State House of Delegates which in turn elects delegates to the American Medical Association. The A.M.A. House of Delegates is the legislative body of the Association and is responsible for all official policies. All reports, resolutions and recommendations are referred by the House to several Reference Committees who hear testimony on both sides of every question and then render reports to the House. Here all reports are debated again and brought to a vote. Any member of the Association, whether or not a member of the House, can appear before a Reference Committee and state his opinions and recommendations on the matter under discussion. Between sessions of the House of Delegates, the Board of Trustees is the governing body.

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Ocular cysticercosis: an epidemiological study

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria ◽

10.1590/s0004-282x2001000500008 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 59 (3B) ◽

pp. 696-701 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Ehrenfried O. Wittig

Keyword(s):

Medical Association ◽

Epidemiological Study ◽

The State ◽

Epidemiological Research ◽

Prior Publication ◽

Ocular Cysticercosis ◽

Frequent Localization

The objetive of the research was to verify the incidence of the ocular form of cysticercosis among the patients who consulted professionals of the field, during the first statistic inventory accomplished in the State of Paraná, Brazil. The 1996 research was performed through a questionnaire sent to all 220 members of Paraná Ophthalmology Association and to the 17 members of Pathology and Cytology Department of the Paraná Medical Association. A pre-stamped envelop for the return of the answers was included in the package. We received 99 answers from ophthalmologists and 10 answers from pathologists. Retrospective and epidemiological research about the incidences of the ocular cysticercosis in the State of Paraná, added to national related published reports, rendered 95 cases probably adquired in Paraná, 71 of the cases were referred in this research and 24 in prior publication. The most frequent localization was vitreous and subretinal, as literature had already pointed out.

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Assessing Economics Damage in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of New York

Journal of Forensic Economics ◽

10.5085/jfe.22.1.75 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 75-100 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lawrence M. Spizman ◽

Frank D. Tinari

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Medical Malpractice ◽

The State ◽

Personal Injury ◽

Economic Damage ◽

Court System ◽

Accepted Practice ◽

Wrongful Death ◽

Death Cases ◽

Economic Damages

Abstract Contributors to the Journal of Forensic Economics are compiling a state-by-state series of papers on how economic damages are assessed in personal injury and wrongful death cases. This paper discusses the rules of the court, the court system, and case law for the state of New York. New York's system is unique in several important ways. The state has passed statutes that specify in some detail both the method to be used to calculate damages and how a jury's verdict is to be transformed into a judgment. New York Civil Practice Law & Rules (CPLR) Articles 50-A and 50-B provide for separate and different treatment of medical malpractice cases and for all other standard torts, respectively. As a result, the damages sections of the two statutes provide specific guidance to the economic expert. Further, except in medical malpractice death cases, New York is different from other states in that its court does not require testifying economic damages experts to discount to present value. This paper discusses these issues and others to familiarize economic damages experts with the relevant court rules and rulings, as well as accepted practice, when performing economic damage appraisals in the state of New York.

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