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Vaccine Injury Compensation in the United States
While vaccines have large benefits, they do have some risks. Anything that has an effect on the body has the potential to cause harm—if nothing else,...
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Medical Injury Litigation and Compensation Systems in Japan
This chapter explains the essential aspects of formal and informal Japanese systems for assessing, compensating, and prosecuting medical...
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Innovating Compensation for Medical Liability in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, concerns about the negative experiences of patients with legal procedures following adverse medical events have led to...
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Compensation for Damages in the Cases of Medical Malpractice: Estonian Perspective
Although the patients in Estonia see the main problem of Estonian health-care in availability of healthcare, the errors or misdiagnosis made by...
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Compensation Schemes for Damages Caused by Healthcare and Alternatives to Court Proceedings Comparative Law Perspectives
The book discusses compensation mechanisms and other non-judicial means that offer alternatives to court proceedings, designed and provided for...
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Alternative Compensation Schemes for Medical Malpractice in the United Kingdom
This chapter examines the state of law and regulation concerning medical malpractice in the UK in the context of alternative compensation or redress...
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Compensation Schemes for Damages Caused by Healthcare and Alternatives to Court Proceedings
Taiwan is renowned for her healthcare delivery system that provides all-inclusive comprehensive healthcare services (physician fee, hospitalization,...
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The Patient-Centric Turn in Medical Liability in Singapore
The basis of medico-legal claims against a doctor may occur in contract law, tort law or criminal law. This chapter focuses on the ethical and legal...
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The French Medical Accident Compensation Scheme. A Critical Assessment of the Patients’ Rights Act of 4 March 2002
The French Patients’ Rights Act of 4 March 2002 has introduced a general compensation system for healthcare-related injuries and thereby established...
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Compensation Schemes and Extra-Judicial Solutions in Case of Medical Malpractice. A Commentary on Contemporary Arrangements
The article deals with compensation schemes and alternative methods of dispute resolution in situations of damages resulting from medical...
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Compensation Schemes and Extra-Judicial Solutions in Case of Medical Malpractice: A Commentary on Contemporary Arrangements
The article deals with compensation schemes and alternative methods of dispute resolution in situations of damages resulting from medical...
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Compensation Schemes for Damages Caused by Healthcare in Brazil
Analysis of medical liability requires a good measure of care. Contemporary Brazilian law on civil liability has evolved beyond the traditional...
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Medical Liability in New Zealand
This chapter examines the framework for medical liability in New Zealand. From European settlement, until 1974, New Zealand’s system for medical...
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Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases and Alternatives to Court Proceedings: A Slovenian Perspective
In Slovenian law, the compensation scheme for medical practice is primarily organized within the court system. Its main function is the recovery of...
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What Legislation Is (Not): Comparing Legislation And Legal Rulings
We may sharpen our understanding of legislation by juxtaposing it with other types of legal act. John Gardner attempts to differentiate legislation...
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The Role of AI in Mental Health Applications and Liability
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire area of health care, including care provided to patients with mental health problems. Due to the...
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Healthcare Law in Denmark
The COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023) and the European migration/refugee crisis (2015–2019) represent two of the most significant crises of this century....
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Malpractice
Tort law provides compensation to patients whom clinicians intentionally or unintentionally injure. Medical malpractice is perhaps the most...
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Patient
The chapter aims to analyse whether it is possible to argue the existence of a status of ‘patient’ in the EU framework and, if it exists, what its...
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Towards Effective Medical Disputes Resolution in Ukraine and Lithuania: Comparing Analyses, Challenges and Perspectives
Health law as well as medical law are new branches of law in the modern world which cannot be attributed to such traditional areas as civil and...