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Excessive Litigation for Harm Arising from Medical Malpractice in South Africa: Reasons, Consequences and Potential Reform

  • Wessels B
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-67000-9_16
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Abstract

South Africa does not have a statutory compensation scheme for harm arising from medical malpractice. Victims who suffer harm in this context must institute common law delictual or contractual claims in a civil court in an attempt to obtain compensation. They are not...

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Wessels, B. (2021). Excessive Litigation for Harm Arising from Medical Malpractice in South Africa: Reasons, Consequences and Potential Reform (pp. 371–410). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67000-9_16

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