Liability and Quality Issues in Health Care

• Explores access to health care issues and the obligation to provide care • Defines sickness, quality in health care, and the problem of medical error • Covers quality control regulation and licensing of health care professionals • Looks at the liability of health care professionals and defenses to malpractice • Examines liability of health care institutions • Discusses reforming the tort system for medical injuries • Reviews the professional-patient relationship, confidentiality, and disclosure Aimed at the specific content of an upper-level elective health law course, this law school casebook blends recent case law, statutory developments, and problems to maximize the flexibility of materials for teachers of health law. The notes are rich in detail and citations, allowing the teacher to spend more time on topics of particular interest.