title: Health care reformation and the need for tort reform.
abstract: Health care reform is changing the medical profession and the way physicians manage their patients, including reducing the incentive to practice defensive medicine. Conflicting pressures on physicians make this an ideal time for medical malpractice tort reform.
authors.affiliation: MIIX, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Gabin
mesh_terms: D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009515:New Jersey; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence