A recent survey by Euro barometer for the European Commission shows that four out of five Europeans think that medical malpractice is a serious problem in their country, while almost one in four said that he himself or a family member has been victim. The medicine is supposed to cure. When she kills or injures, the sad news spread to the headlines. But when she does her daily work correctly, the media have nothing to report, unless a dramatic discovery – and, preferably, easy to explain – is made. “Somebody has to be summoned,” said Ms. Ramsbottom in a humorous poem by Marriott Edgar, when his son Albert was swallowed by a lion at Blackpool Zoo Wallace. Today, hospitals, physicians, insurers and governments of many countries are convinced that patients and their lawyers have seized upon this same compulsion as a treatment goes wrong.
It speaks across the exorbitant amounts of compensation paid for injuries insignificant, the enormous legal costs, escalating insurance premiums and the loss of health professionals and insurers for high-risk specialties such as obstetrics and neurosurgery. All this provides arguments for advocates of legal reform that would limit the frequency and costs of litigation and contain the limits of insurance premiums. Extensive media campaigns have been conducted in the United States, and some states have already legislated.
A recent report by the Insurance and Private Pensions OECD Policy Issues in Insurance: Prevention, Insurance and Coverage Medical Malpractice, said that claims for medical incidents are increasing in recent years, as the amounts claimed. In the U.S., the most striking example, applications rose by almost 10% per year since 2000, and the amounts of damages paid were $ 28.7 billion in 2004.

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