M Gould’s scientific contributions

... Such attempts at creating legislative immunity are unsupported by data that provide no justification for creating patient barriers to judicial recourse for medical malpractice in return for necessary medical care. Contrary to popular belief, for example, obstetric patients on Medicaid have a disproportionately lower incidence of medical malpractice claims when compared with other patient populations [8,12]. In Colorado, a state where many patients have difficulty finding obstetric care, it has been shown Medicaid patients file only 5.5% of all obstetric medical malpractice obstetric claims [8]. ...

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Do Poor People Sue Doctors More Frequently? Confronting Unconscious Bias and the Role of Cultural Competency