title: Health care litigation: recent trends in the law of noneconomic damages--emotional distress.
abstract: This article and an article to follow, the sixth and seventh in a series, will address the topic of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. Pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of consortium, loss of a chance, hedonic damages, and other forms of nonpecuniary damages have played a major role in the increased recovery of compensatory damages from health care providers. This article will provide an overview of the subject of noneconomic damages and an in-depth discussion of the law regarding damages for emotional distress to third parties as it has evolved in the State of California.
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Cole
authors: P H
authors: PH
authors: Wirth
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000191:economics*