MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AS A TORT IN THE U.S., AS A CRIME IN ITALY: FACTORS, CAUSES, PATHS AND OUTCOMES

The aim of the paper is, firstly, to try to understand the reasons for the different approaches to medical malpractice in two legal systems taken as models: the U.S., where professional negligence is almost exclusively subject of tort law; Italy, where criminal law instruments are instead widely use...

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Main Author: ANDREA DI LANDRO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Jaén 2019-06-01
Series:Age of Human Rights Journal
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Online Access:https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/4806/3829