Flax E M
Med Malpract Cost Containment J. 1979 Jul;1(2):137-49.
Our malpractice system is geared to compensate, and perhaps overcompensate, the occasional victim of catastrophic injury, while undercompensating, or even ignoring, smaller injuries. So states the author in presenting arguments for changing the system. She protests attempts to change the tort system, get around limits, tighten statutes of limitations, remove the discovery rule, or do away with res ipsa loquitur and informed consent. She cites California as a state, which has done the most to strengthen its medical discipline as a first step in attacking the "real problem of medical malpractice...the reality of injury due to medical negligence and the frequent difficulty of obtaining legitimate compensation."
我们的医疗事故责任制度旨在补偿，甚至可能过度补偿偶尔出现的灾难性伤害受害者，而对较小的伤害则补偿不足，甚至忽视。作者在提出改变该制度的论点时这样说道。她反对改变侵权责任制度、规避限制、收紧诉讼时效、废除发现规则，或摒弃事实自证和知情同意原则的种种企图。她列举加利福尼亚州为例，该州在加强医疗纪律方面做得最多，以此作为解决“医疗事故的真正问题……医疗过失造成伤害的现实以及获得合理赔偿的频繁困难”的第一步。
