The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandem-ic has affected every facet of our work
and personal lives. While many hope we will return to “normal” with the pandemic’s passing…

… is a physician who practices obstetrics, which is defined as the medical specialty "that deals
with the care of women … gynecologists, and many family physicians are licensed to provide …

… Physicians have a duty to care for the whole person, even when doing so requires patience
and resisting a natural urge to “cure.” The second lesson is that we physicians … a physician. …

… participating private physicians and clinics authorize Medi-Cal eligibility for women who believe
… Such unannounced visits are prohibited with respect to physicians and physician clinics …

… Bush called for enacting caps on medical malpractice damages, and Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist, a physician, has declared this one of his legislative priorities. The call for caps on …

… Florida created a $500,000 non-economic damage cap per individual physician in malpractice
lawsuits." Florida also placed a freeze on medical malpractice insurance premiums sold …

… We use an event study to evaluate changes in physician labor compared to the prior year…
damage caps increased the supply of high-risk physicians <35 years of age by 0.93 physicians …

Few topics in health care policy generate more passion than punitive damage awards in medical
… damage remedy has been described as a sanction which" hang [s] over the physician's …

… of a growing population of reproductive-age women. This threat is exacerbated by a shaky
… A solution that stabilizes liability pressures for OBGYNs will preserve women's access to …

… of physicians can significantly affect the rate of all physicians … women, rejecting such patients
may have little or no bearing on the number of malpractice claims filed against a physician. …