Medical Liability and Defensive Medicine

Michel mellow was friends with future doctors, but she didn't want to be one. She became a lawyer who thinks a lot about doctors and what they do. Now she tries to understand the effects of law and regulation on health care. Concerns about being sued for malpractice or negligence can cause doctors to change the way they do their work - known as defensive medicine. In 20 ten, michel and a few co authors estimated that the bill for defensive medicine was around forty six billion dollars annually.