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| November 01, 2003 | Schneider, Mary Ellen | COPYRIGHT 2003 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Even if Congress does not enact caps on noneconomic awards this year, there are other possible fixes to the medical malpractice quandary, says Michelle M. Mello, Ph.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. One possibility is an administrative compensation system such as workers' compensation, in which medical malpractice claims would be taken out of the court system and dealt with through an ...

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