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JAMA. 1987;257(6):810-812.

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THE AMERICAN Medical Association's (AMA) Special Task Force on Professional Liability and Insurance and the AMA's Advisory Panel on Professional Liability submit this report on professional liability. The report consists of an overview of significant events in 1986, a review of AMA activities during the last year, and a description of the plan for the coming year.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

The year 1986 was in general a year of progress for physicians in dealing with professional liability. Some 28 states enacted a variety of reforms designed to ease the liability crisis. New allies in the battle for reform emerged from virtually every business, service, and profession in America. A grass-roots, national consensus developed in support of most of the reform measures the profession has advocated for over a decade.

Some victories stand out as genuine landmarks. The final chapter in the legal challenge to California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Footnotes
From the Board of Trustees, American Medical Association, Chicago.

This report is abridged from Report YY, adopted by the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association at the Interim Meeting, Dec 7 to 10,1986.

Reprint requests to the Office of the General Counsel, American Medical Association, 535 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610 (Kirk B. Johnson, JD).

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