Towards a Better Assessment of Pain and Suffering Damages for Personal Injuries: A Proposal Based on Quality Adjusted Life Years

ISBN-10
1780685661
ISBN-13
9781780685663
Category
Compensation (Law)
Pages
243
Language
English
Published
2014
Author
Vaia Karapanou

Description

Introduction -- How should pain and suffering damages be assessed? A legal perspective -- How should pain and suffering damages be assessed? A law and economics perspective -- Quality adjusted life years. A measure for the economic evaluation of health care -- Using QALYs in a tort law context. Assessing pain and suffering damages -- Pain and suffering damages based on QALYs. Circumventing victims' (and judges') hedonic misperceptions -- The QALY framework applied. Practical examples and implementation recommendations -- Epilogue

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