Hospital risk management and the U.S. legal system: An introduction to U.S. medical malpractice tort law

C. J. Stimson

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-47407-5_7

Hospital risk management and the U.S. legal system: An introduction to U.S. medical malpractice tort law

C. J. Stimson

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In the US hospital setting, risk management focuses on mitigating hospital exposure to loss from legal liability, including medical malpractice tort law claims. This chapter provides perspective on three critical components of the US medical malpractice tort law: process, substance, and justifi cation. Framed in this way, the discussion that follows illuminates both the practice and the policy that forms the foundation of US medical malpractice tort law.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Risk Management in Medicine
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	69-76
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783662474075
ISBN (Print)	9783662474068
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47407-5_7
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

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