The Effects of Malpractice Pressure and Liability Reforms on Physicians’ Perceptions of Medical Care

Authors

Daniel P. Kessler
Mark B. McClellan

Abstract

Considerable evidence suggests that the medical malpractice liability system neither provides compensation to patients who suffer negligent medical injury nor seeks to penalize physicians whose negligence causes patient injury. The relationship between liability reforms, malpractice pressure and physician perceptions of medical care is examined.

Citation

Daniel P. Kessler & Mark B. McClellan, The Effects of Malpractice Pressure and Liability Reforms on Physicians’ Perceptions of Medical Care, 60 Law and Contemporary Problems 81-106 (Winter 1997)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol60/iss1/5