Law Reform and Medical Injury Litigation
The perceived rise in claims against doctors, coupled with the problems of gaining access to the legal system, have led over recent years to reconsideration of the basis on which clinicians are held liable for accidents or negligence. This book explores these problems through analysis of a number of jurisdictions, in some of which change has been instituted and in others of which the traditional fault-based model still applies. Critical evaluation of these systems provides the reader with a...
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The perceived rise in claims against doctors, coupled with the problems of gaining access to the legal system, have led over recent years to reconsideration of the basis on which clinicians are held liable for accidents or negligence. This book explores these problems through analysis of a number of jurisdictions, in some of which change has been instituted and in others of which the traditional fault-based model still applies. Critical evaluation of these systems provides the reader with a picture of the problems and benefits of different liability models.
Notes on Contributors1Whither Medical Injury Law?12Canadian Developments in Health Care Liability and Compensation53Trouble in Paradise: New Zealand's Accident Compensation Scheme314Law Reform and Damages for Medical Injury in the United States895Law Reform and Medical Negligence Litigation: The UK Position1196The Finnish Patient Injury Compensation System147Index163
