Risk Management
- www.thedoctors.com/rm/sb/body.cfm: More than 50 loss prevention articles published by The Doctors Company, a doctor-owned medical malpractice insurer. The articles are organized into five categories: communication, practice guidelines, litigation/claims, professional conduct and clinical issues.
- www.neurosurgery.org/aans/bulletin/spring01/neuroliability.html: A spring 2001 Bulletin article containing results from a study on neurosurgical claims.
Malpractice Lawsuits
- https://me.pdr.net/me/public.htm?path=docs/mal.htm: Dozens of well-researched stories from Medical Economics magazine on medical malpractice. Some sample articles: “How to Squash a Small Malpractice Claim,” “The New Rules on Informed Consent,” “Offering Medical Advice on the Web,” “How’s Your Insurance Coverage” and “I Wish I’d Fought My Malpractice Suit.”
State Laws on Medical Liability
- www.atra.org/issues.f1ml?id=32: A state-by-state summary of medical liability laws, compiled by the American Tort Reform Association.
Advocacy
- www.hcla.org: The Health Care Liberty Alliance is a group of medical organizations “dedicated to rescuing the nation’s healthcare system from an out-of-control legal system.” Its Web site presents information on the problems and solutions to the malpractice crisis