Malpractice liability, patient safety, and the personification of medical injury: opportunities for academic medicine.

William M Sage

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Malpractice liability, patient safety, and the personification of medical injury: opportunities for academic medicine.

September 13, 2006

Sage WM. Acad Med. 2006;81(9):823-6.

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The author discusses how the US tort system has not reduced medical errors and the role that academic medical centers can play in improving the malpractice system through patient care, teaching, and research.

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