Download or read book Towards a Better Assessment of Pain and Suffering Damages for Personal Injuries written by Vaia Karapanou and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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