title: Salus populi suprema lex est: comments on governmental regulation of medical professional liability insurance.
abstract: In 1975 nationwide turmoil arose regarding medical professional liability insurance, posing a resolute challenge directly to the liability insurance mechanisms traditionally utilized to underwrite the professional risks of medical practitioners. Further they signaled the real possibility of substantive revisions of the tort-fault foundation of legal actions seeking civil relief for medical malpractice.
mesh_terms: D006076:Government; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States