Tort reform and the patient safety movement: seeking common ground.

Peter P. Budetti

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Tort reform and the patient safety movement: seeking common ground.

June 8, 2005

Budetti PP. JAMA. 2005;293(21):2660-2.

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The author comments on two articles that address the behavior of physicians in high-liability specialties and suggests that lessons learned from these studies support the need for a new approach to tort reform.

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