Special Issue:
The Medical Liability Crisis and Tort Reform
(Volume 7, Number 3, Fall 2002)
Feature Articles
The Medical Liability
Crisis
by Kyle S. McCammon, DO, FAAFP, FACEP
Caps on Damage
Awards in Medical Malpractice Cases: Constitutional Challenges
by Mark D. Hiatt, MD, MSc, MBA
Fighting Fire With
Fire: Physician Countersuits
by Kyle S. McCammon, DO, FAAFP, FACEP
Commentaries
A Cri de Coeur from a General
Practitioner by Robert M. Webster, MD
Enumerated Powers and the Constitution
by Doug Fiedor
George Washington --- First
in the Hearts of His Countrymen by Paul G. Consolazio
Departments
Correspondence:
Open Letter to AMA President, Bioethics is a Monster,
Bioterrorism in our own Backyard
News Capsules: Obstetricians Forced Out of Business, Medical Insurance Price War Hurts Coverage for Doctors, Waiting Lists in Spain, Boston Physician Awarded $4.2 Million, Government Recovers Over $1.3 Billion From Alleged Fraud, Cloning --- From Dolly the Sheep to Humans, Sweden Moving Toward Free Market Medicine, Castro's 'Doctor Diplomacy' --- Free Medical School Tough Pill to Swallow, Collectivists in Medicine: Physician Groups Seek New Oath of Hippocrates, Belgium Legalizes 'Mercy' Killings, Waning Enthusiasm.
President's Page
"When in the Course
of Human Events" by Robert R. Urban, MD
Editor's Corner
The AMA, Medical Liability
Tort Reform, and HMO Lawsuits by Miguel A. Faria,
Jr., MD
The Constitution - Plain and Simple
Lineage by
Curtis W. Caine, MD
Report From the States
Physician Prosecution
Gone Amok in Central Illinois
Medical Liability Crisis --- Georgia
Doctors Disappearing in Mississippi?
Physicians Quit West Virginia Over
Insurance Costs
Texas Doctors Protect Skyrocketing
Medical Liability Premiums
New Jersey "Malpractice"
Premiums Up 250 Percent
Arizona Governor Given Wide Powers
to Fight Bioterrorism
Book Reviews
The Sharp Edge of the Soul
by George Chovanes, MD. Reviewed by Delbert H. Meyer, MD
As Sick As It Gets: A Diagnosis
and Treatment Plan by Rudolph Mueller, MD. Reviewed by Jane M. Orient,
MD
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