Comparative Perspectives I: French Reforms of Liability "Reforms of Compensation and Insurance"

Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University, 3320 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Patients in hospitals around the globe suffer from medical errors and adverse events, affecting as many as 10 percent of all admissions. Yet the ways in which legal systems in different countries handle liability for such errors in health care delivery vary greatly. U.S. health care reform efforts offer little in the way of improvements to the current U.S. malpractice system. This one-day conference will explore varied legal responses to medical liability in several countries and reform initiatives that may reshape their liability systems in the years to come. This global perspective promises new ideas to reshape and improve the U.S. approach to medical liability. There is no cost to attend the conferenceInternational audienc