Another Medical Malpractice Crisis? Try Something Different

Authors

William M. Sage, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow
Richard C. Boothman
Thomas H. Gallagher

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2020

Journal Title

JAMA

ISSN

0098-7484

DOI

10.1001/jama.2020.16557

Abstract

With hospitalizations related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) soaring, revenue from elective procedures plummeting, and health professionals experiencing unprecedented stress, the pandemic is challenging the US health care system in unimaginable ways. Will there be further consequences? Another medical malpractice crisis is a growing possibility.

First Page

1395

Last Page

1396

Num Pages

2

Volume Number

324

Issue Number

14

Publisher

American Medical Association

Recommended Citation

William M. Sage, Richard C. Boothman & Thomas H. Gallagher, Another Medical Malpractice Crisis? Try Something Different, 324 JAMA 1395 (2020).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1630