Medical malpractice insurance. Part II. Some proposed solutions. 1978

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Organized groups of physicians should be considered potential initiators of any concerted effort to solve the medical malpractice problem. This may occur by a number of means, among them (a) establishment of malpractice review panels, (b) a patient's compensation board, (c) no-fault malpractice insurance, (d) substitution of claims-made insurance policies for the present-occurrence system now in use, and (e) malpractice insurance funds supported by insurance premiums and administered by panels composed in part of insured physicians. Cooperation between the insurance industry and the legal and medical professions might make it unnecessary for external agencies to impose regulations and policies at some future date.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007351 Insurance, Liability Insurance against loss resulting from liability for injury or damage to the persons or property of others. No-Fault Insurance,Insurance, No-Fault,Liability Insurance,No Fault Insurance
D008318 Malpractice Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Professional Negligence,Negligence,Negligence, Professional,Professional Negligences
D002983 Clinical Competence The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care. Clinical Skills,Competence, Clinical,Clinical Competency,Clinical Skill,Competency, Clinical,Skill, Clinical,Skills, Clinical,Clinical Competencies,Competencies, Clinical
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.

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