Contains research materials about medical malpractice, medical liability, Parkinson's Disease, Patient compensation funds, and the tobacco master settlement. Materials listed under Medical Malpractice contain resources used for the book "Medical Malpractice", written by Frank A. Sloan and Lindsey M. Chepke (MIT Press, 2008). Materials listed under "Medical malpractice and medical liability" contain resources about medical malpractice and medical liability unrelated to Sloan and Chepke's book. Materials in this series may relate to other series listed in this document. For example, this series, as well as series A2005.054, both contain materials about the tobacco master settlement. Materials date from 1996 to 2007.