Physicians in the United States have serious concerns about the exorbitant cost of medical liability insurance. The expense continues to have a major impact on physician practice patterns and access to medical services in many communities. More than 30 years ago, difficulty in obtaining adequate and affordable medical liability coverage generated new legislative initiatives in many states, incl...

The paper begins with an objection to the DesireBased Reasons Model. The argument from reason-based desires holds that since desires are based on reasons (first premise), which they transmit but to which they cannot add (second premise), they cannot themselves provide reasons for action. In the paper I investigate an attack that has recently been launched against the first premise of this argum...

*Correspondence: Sasha R. X. Dall, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ, Exeter, UK e-mail: [email protected] The study of animal personality variation promises to provide significant new insight into the way that behavior evolves in animals, along with its ecological and evolutio...

Most non-economists would question whether economists know anything about culture. Indeed, given some faculty meetings I’ve been through, I imagine they might go so far as to say economists are uncultured. Although the second sentiment probably does go too far, there is certainly merit to the first. In particular, with a few exceptions (notably Kreps, 1990; Crémer, 1993; Lazear, 1995; Hodgson, ...

introduction: dental malpractice is the failure of a professional person to render appropriate services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. since dental implants have gained a special place in modern dentistry and this new treatment is a costly one, paying more attention to the prevention of malpractice is more import...

introduction: medical claim is one of the most concerning subjects for both patients and physicians. in addition, it has lots of financial and nonfinancial costs for health care systems. to define the number and causes of medical claims against dentists of rasht since 2006 till 2011in guilan medical council. materials and methods: a retrospective cross - sectional study was performed since 2006...