Malpractice Mess - Do the Swedes have a faultless fix for the malpractice mess? By David�Dobbs

Malpractice Mess - Do the Swedes have a faultless fix for the malpractice mess? By David�Dobbs: "Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and New Zealand have used no-fault malpractice systems for 20 to 30 years, with admittedly mixed results. Yet several academics, most notably Harvard's David Studdert and Troyen Brennan, have studied these countries' systems and concluded that a U.S. system modeled on that of Sweden could more consistently compensate victims of avoidable mishaps and more effectively reduce error and incompetence�all for the same cost. No-fault would also make doctors and patients allies rather than adversaries when something goes awry. "