title: Medical malpractice in California: recent trends and future prospects.
abstract: For many years, California court decisions and legislation have often presaged national trends. The expected debate over medical malpractice should be no exception. Thus, the court decisions on third party liability and the outcome of the MICRA negotiations are important both for California and as a harbinger of future national trends.
authors: RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA.
authors: P D
authors: PD
authors: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005544:Forecasting; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008119:Lobbying; D008318:Malpractice / Q000639:trends*