1. Calamity in context
2. The basis for need (1945-1966)
3. An emerging clash of costs and care (1966-1975)
4. From choice to necessity
5. Crisis, claims, and new connections: The first malpractice crisis
6. Costs, calamities, and the second malpractice crisis (1975-present)
7. Reinsurance and shifts in influence
8. The corporatization of physicians
9. Courting plaintiffs: Private reform of tort law rights
10. Terminus