• Psychiatr Serv · Jan 2011

    Law & psychiatry: reforming malpractice: the prospects for change.

    • Paul S Appelbaum.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. psa21@columbia.edu
    • Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Jan 1;62(1):6-8.

    AbstractPrevious efforts to change the U.S. medical malpractice system have involved such initiatives as time limits on filing claims, caps on noneconomic damages, and limiting attorneys' fees. This column briefly reviews such past efforts and describes several new approaches. They include programs that encourage prompt disclosure of errors and offers of compensation, efforts to mediate complaints outside the courts, and use of administrative processes to adjudicate claims. "No-fault" systems, such as those in New Zealand, Sweden, and Denmark, may be most likely to satisfy the interests of both patients and physicians but may not be politically acceptable in the United States.

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