Medical Indemnity Reform in Australia: First Do No Harm
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2005
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Tito Wheatland, Fiona
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Recent medical indemnity changes in Australia were claimed to be valid responses to a litigation crisis. However, the solutions were often misguided, rewarding poor business management, financially penalising the most seriously harmed patients and imposing significant extra costs on taxpayers.
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Keywords: Australia; conference paper; economics; health economics; human; insurance; legal aspect; legal liability; malpractice; management; medical society; policy; United States; Australia; Economics, Medical; Humans; Insurance, Liability; Liability, Legal; Malp
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Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
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