US MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CRISIS

Understanding the US Medical Malpractice Crisis

Understanding the US Medical Malpractice Crisis

In US, the issue of medical malpractice has been a hot-button issue for politicians at both the federal and state levels since the mid-1970s. Liberals insist that plaintiffs who suffer at the hands of incompetent or neglectful medical personnel should be allowed to recover full damages, that unrestricted damages serve to promote accountability among the medical profession, and that juries should be free to respond to cases on an individual basis.

In US, conservatives counter with the claim that too many medical lawsuits are frivolous, that juries are more ...