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Medical Liability/Medical Malpractice
NCSL Resources

July 2005

• "Medical Malpractice," State Health Lawmakers' Digest, Summer 2003 (6 pages).
  http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/shld/34.htm

• "Information Technology and Patient Safety," State Health Lawmakers' Digest, Fall 2004 (6 pages). 
  http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/shld/51.htm

• NCSL's Medical Malpractice Tort Reform home page
  http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/sclaw/medmaloverview.htm

• NCSL Policy on Medical Malpractice
  http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/LAWANDJ.HTM#MedicalMalpractice

• NCSL Policy on Tort Reform
  http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/LAWANDJ.HTM#tortreform

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• "Curing a Crisis in Medical Malpractice," LegisBrief, Oct. 2002 (2 pages).
  http://www.ncsl.org/legis/lbriefs/malpractice.PDF
• "Reforming the Medical Malpractice Insurance Market," State Legislative Report, July 2002.
  http://www.ncsl.org/legis/SLRs/malpractice.pdf

Featured Links

• Main Medical Liability/Medical Malpractice Page
• Other National Resources