Principles, Pragmatism, and Medical Injury

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2001

Journal Title

JAMA

ISSN

0098-7484

DOI

10.1001/jama.286.2.226

Abstract

Health policy would be better off without certain terms. "Managed care" is one—no matter where one stands on consideration of cost in medical treatment. "Medical necessity" is another. But "malpractice liability" heads my list of semantic stowaways whose excess baggage imperils the vessel on which they travel. Much of the medical profession's resistance to regulatory accountability can be traced to the sense of betrayal and persecution most physicians feel when accused of malpractice.

First Page

226

Last Page

228

Num Pages

3

Volume Number

286

Issue Number

2

Publisher

American Medical Association

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