Abstract
I. Introduction ... A. Overview ... B. Tort Law and Victims of Medical Malpractice ... C. The Need for an Explicit Standard of Care
II. The Law of Professional Negligence ... A. The Medical Standard of Care and Harm Caused by Its Breach ... B. Qualifications of Expert Witnesses ... 1. Locality ... 2. Standard of Care for Specialists ... 3. Knowledge Qualifications for Expert Witnesses
III. Medical Malpractice Crises and the Need for Reform
IV. An Analysis of the Impact of Medical Malpractice Reforms ... A. Empirical Analysis ... B. Economic Analysis ... C. Psycholegal Analysis
V. An Empirical Definition of Medical Standards of Care ... A. Customary Versus Accepted Medical Standards of Care ... B. Applied Decision Theory and Medical Standards of Care ... 1. Identify the Legally Relevant Group of Professionals ... 2. Identify the Attribute of Health Care in Dispute … 3. Identify Alternative Treatment Plans ... 4. Determine Separate Utility Functions ... 5. Aggregate Utility Functions to Develop Norms
VI. Conclusion
Recommended Citation
Richard L. Wiener,
A Psycholegal and Empirical Approach to the Medical Standard of Care,
69 Neb. L. Rev.
(1990)
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