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Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney  taped a segment for ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday, November 24, addressing the topic of medical malpractice tort reform as part of an overall health care reform bill.  

Professor Kinney, founding director of the school’s internationally recognized William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health, is one of the nation’s leading experts on health law. After graduating from law school, she practiced law for four years, then worked as an estate planning officer for Duke University Medical Center for two years. After earning her master’s degree in public health, she served as program analyst for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. Immediately prior to joining the faculty in 1984, she was assistant general counsel of the American Hospital Association.
A widely published author and respected lecturer on the subjects of America’s health care system, medical malpractice, health coverage for the poor, and issues in administrative law, Professor Kinney is author or co-author of numerous law review articles, book chapters and book reviews. She recently published Protecting American Health Care Consumers (Duke University Press 2002).

A Closer Look: Medical Malpractice Reform, Should medical malpractice be a part of a health care bill? (November 25, 2009) ABC's Good Morning America