Tort Laws

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What do you think about the role and success of tort law in promoting high- quality health care? Does it help to deter errors? If not, why?

In healthcare, tort law is most often associated with negligence. This is defined when a skilled healthcare worker does not meet the standards set by their profession. Often the circumstances that lead to negligence are lack of informed consent or an injury or poor outcome due to a healthcare provider's lack of duty to care. ...