The Medical Malpractice of the 1970’s: A Retrospective

hereinafter AMA TASK FORCE].For earlier reports on the continued upward trend in claims and in insurance costs, see, for example, Stein, The High Cost of Suing, NAT'L J., Feb. 25, 1984, at 382; Taravella, Physicians Faced With Ballooning lalpractice Rates, Bus.INS., Sept. 16.1983, at 1, 56-57.2. The "crisis" spawned an enormous literature.Useful general discussions of the problem and references to other discussion can be found in the following: TIIE ECONOMICS OF MEDICAL