Ethical Issues: Malpractice Crisis
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Medicine is in crisis. Doctors, especially those in high-risk specialties like obstetrics and neurosurgery, are leaving their practices in response to ballooning malpractice costs. Malpractice rates for physicians are skyrocketing, and physicians are reacting—some by speaking out, and others by just leaving.