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Minimising medical litigation: a review of key tort and legal reforms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2009

Harold Tan
Harold Tan*
Affiliation:
Deputy Director, Health Regulation Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore
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Abstract

The traditional tort system in medical malpractice is increasingly perceived as being incapable of addressing the mismatch between claims and negligent injuries. Tort reforms have been introduced in various developed countries in an attempt to bring about greater fairness and economic sustainability in the compensation of medical injuries and to reduce the overall rate of medical litigation. This paper reviews the key tort reforms that have been used in various countries, notably the US and the UK, and discusses the arguments that had been put forth by advocates and opponents of such reforms. The impact of these tort reforms, where studied and available, is also reviewed and discussed in the paper.

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International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 179 - 233
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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