Cost Constraints as a Malpractice Defense

Cost-containment pressures impose fiscal responsibilities upon physicians that can conflict with their fiduciary commitment to patients. Should the law permit health care providers to adjust standards of care according to patients' financial resources? The legal concept of “rebuttable presumpti...

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Main Author: Morreim, E. Haavi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1988
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 1988, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-10
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