Chapter 4.B.3: Beyond Custom

Supplemental Bibliography

Notes: Judicial Assessments of Reasonableness

Note 3. A Hand Formula Analysis

For a historical account, see William Schwartz & Neil Komesar, Damages and Deterrence: An Economic View of Medical Malpractice, 298 New Eng. J. Med. 1282 (1978).

Note 5: Glaucoma Screening Since Helling

For additional discussion of the empirical issues in Helling, see J. F. Bovin et al., Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma, 3 J. Med. Screening 154 (1996); Comment, Rational Health Policy and the Legal Standard of Care: A Call for Judicial Deference to Medical Practice Guidelines, 77 Cal. L. Rev. 1483 (1989).

Notes: The Common Knowledge Exception

Note 3. Relationship to Res Ipsa Loquitor

For discussion of the conceptual distinctions between these doctrines, see Comment, Amanda E. Spinner, Common Ignorance: Medical Malpractice Law and the Misconceived Application of the "Common Knowledge" and "Res Ipsa Loquitur" Doctrines, 31 Touro L. Rev. 521 (2015)