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1、118PRMTimeofRequest:Tuesday,April24,201209:40:24ESTClientID/ProjectName:NumberofLines:1564JobNumber:2828:346668491ResearchInformationService:TermsandConnectorsSearchPrintRequest:CurrentDocument:2Source:USLawReviewsandJournals,CombinedSearchTerms:TITLE(MedicalMalpracticeinsurance)anddategeq(04/24/2
2、002)Sendto:LIBRARY,SWUPLSOUTHWESTUNIVERSITYSHAPINGBACHONGQING,CHNPage12of12DOCUMENTSCopyright(c)2004TheCatholicUniversityLawReviewCatholicUniversityLawReviewWinter,200453Cath.U.L.Rev.499LENGTH:19822wordsCOMMENT:WhereHaveAlltheBaby-DoctorsGone?Women'sAccesstoHealthcareinJeopardy:ObstetricsandtheMed
3、icalMalpracticeInsuranceCrisisNAME:SarahDomin+BIO:+J.D.Candidate,May2004,TheCatholicUniversityofAmerica,ColumbusSchoolofLaw.Theauthorwishestothankherfatherfortheinspirationtowriteonthistopic,herhusbandforhispatienceandencouragement,hersistersfortheirmuch-neededhumor,andhermotherforthecontinuedsupp
4、ort,love,andecouragementshehasprovidedforthisandeveryotherendeavorembarkedonsincechildhood.LEXISNEXISSUMMARY:...Thisenemyistherapidlyrisingmedicalmalpracticeinsurancepremiums,whichinoneyearhaveincreasedasmuchas60%forthoseproviderswithparticularlyriskyservices,suchasobstetricians....Thestatuteoflim
5、itationsprovision,codifiedinsection340.5oftheCaliforniaCivilProcedureCode,requirestheinitiationofallmedicalmalpracticeactionswithinthreeyearsfromthedateoftheinjury,regardlessofwhentheinjurywasdiscovered....Embracingthistheory,afewstates,suchasIllinois,haveimplementedmedicalmalpracticereformsthatin
6、cludevariouspunitivedamagelimitations....In1982,toremedythehighcostsandlimitedavailabilityofmedicalmalpracticeinsurance,theWashingtonStateMedicalAssociationestablishedaphysician-ownedandoperatedprofessionalliabilitycompany,theWashingtonStatePhysician'sInsuranceExchangeandAssociation....Forexample,
7、studieshavenotindicatedthatthequalityofcaredependsontheobstetrician'shistoryofmalpracticeclaims....ACOGcitesMICRA'sjuryawardcapashavingplayedanintegralroleinhelpingtoensurethatCaliforniawomenhaveaccesstohealthcar
