Research Institute

The Law and Medicine Research Institute is dedicated to the scientific study of the intersection of law and medicine. The Institute primarily addresses areas where scientific truth has been compromised by the influence of trial lawyers and other non-clinicians whose interests are not the advancement of patient care.

We have divided the Institute into three main areas:

• Papers which Dr. Cotton has published in the scientific literature
• Analysis of important papers which others have published
• Areas of our research

The Institute is funded from Law and Medicine’s operational revenue and does not accept any outside source of support.

DR. COTTON'S PUBLISHED PAPERS		IMPORTANT MEDICAL-LEGAL STUDIES		AREAS OF RESEARCH
Legal Risks of "Curbside" Consults Authored by Dr. Cotton Published in the July 2010 edition of The American Journal of Cardiology Am J Cardiol, 2010 Jul 1;106(1) 135-8 Epub 2010 May 13.		MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND MEDICAL ERRORS> PHYSICIANS AS RISK MANAGERS> APOLOGIZING FOR MEDICAL ERRORS> LAWSUITS AND MONEY> THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN’S CLAIMS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (NOT AN APOLOGY PROGRAM)> SENATORS CLINTON AND OBAMA SUPPORT APOLOGIZING FOR MEDICAL ERRORS> PATIENTS DON’T FORGIVE AND FORGET ABOUT MEDICAL ERRORS> MANY PATIENTS DON’T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT MEDICAL ERRORS> CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (CRM) HAS NO PROVEN VALUE>		Interested in Helping Solve the Malpractice Problem? Please take a few minutes to participate in our Research Study.