Medical injury compensation. A time for testing new approaches.

@article{Wadlington1991MedicalIC,
  title={Medical injury compensation. A time for testing new approaches.},
  author={Walter J Wadlington},
  journal={JAMA},
  year={1991},
  volume={265 21},
  pages={
          2861
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:42033000}
}
  • W. Wadlington
  • Published in Journal of the American… 5 June 1991
  • Law, Medicine
  • JAMA
Despite an improved climate for professional liability insurance, medical injury compensation remains a subject of serious concern. The current tort system has been assailed as too slow, too costly,…
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