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The Role of Informed Consent in Defensive Medicine

Studies that have attempted to quantify the costs of defensive medicine by looking at the impact that tort reform has had on health care savings have obtained inconsistent results.

20 minute read June 28, 2011 at 02:30 PM
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John Ratkowitz And Robert Sanfilippo
The Role of Informed Consent in Defensive Medicine

Those who advocate tort reform often point to the problem of defensive medicine as a justification to limit the right of redress of victims of medical malpractice.

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