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The Perruche case and the issue of compensation for the consequences of medical error.
Costich JF. Health Policy. 2006;78:8-16.

The author presents a high-profile French diagnostic error case and draws parallels from its resolution to the U.S. debate on "just" compensation for patients and families affected by medical error.
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