Question

Defensive Medicine
Describe the meaning of defensive medicine. Provide a legal case that addresses tort reform.

Describe the case and its outcome. How might one (or more) of ways the text describes to manage and reduce the number of negligent claims apply to the case you selected?

What further questions does the case raise for you?

Answer 1

Defensive medicine is a medical practice to avoid future malpractice risk, to avoid liability than benefits the patients.
tort reform is reducing the ability of victims tort litigation by making changes in the civil justice system.
Medical injury compensation reform act(MICRA) in 1975 in California considered tort reform legislation, it poses that noneconomic damages a $250,000 cap. The MICRA model for tort reform made insufficient trust between health care providers and patients. The jury system failed to compensate injured patients. tort reform improvement should be a focus on the medical malpractice claim, to meet the needs of the patients and providers, there should be proper risk management, quality improvement, professional duty, patient safety, insurance policies.
Proponents for the MICRA cap?
Proponents argue about MICRA and in check medical liability premium and stabilized. this increase meritless lawsuits for reducing the malpractice premiums in California and ensure the lower premiums for physician and ensure patient access to health care with lower cost.