About the Author

Tom Baker is the Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law and director of the Insurance Law Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Coeditor of Embracing Risk: The Changing Culture of Insurance and Responsibility, published by the University of Chicago Press, Baker has also worked as a consultant with insurance companies and law firms.

Reviews

"The Medical Malpractice Myth is a terrific book that succeeds fully in realizing its basic goals of offering an accessible debunking of the medical malpractice myth, redefining the key problems at stake related to medical malpractice, and pointing the way toward more effective and politically appealing reform policies that address the 'real' issues. Tom Baker's work has a far better chance for generating a wide readership and public influence than any other book on the topic."--Michael McCann, Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship, University of Washington, and coauthor of Distorting the Law
--Michael McCann

"An outstanding accomplishment--accurate, reader-friendly, and highly relevant to the current debate about tort reform. Tom Baker has done a marvelous job confronting existing medical malpractice myths, and, though his proposal for medical liability reform will no doubt meet resistance on a number of fronts, it will certainly provoke discussion."--Neil Vidmar, Russell M. Robinson II Professor of Law, Duke Law School, and author of Medical Malpractice and the American Jury
--Neil Vidmar

"Finally someone has demonstrated how complex this challenge really is. Narrow, facile answers won't solve the problem."--Senator Richard J. Durbin, Assistant Democratic Leader, United States Senate
--Senator Richard J. Durbin