discover that not being fuckwads means fewer lawsuits

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"It's no secret that, for decades, doctors were warned to keep their mouths shut when something went wrong. When Dr. Gary Brandeland lost a patient to an anesthesia error in 1986, he remembers, the hospital's medical director told him: "Don't say a word to anyone, not even your wife." That was, he says, "the most unhealthy advice I have ever received." Now an emergency-room doctor in St. Peter, Minn., he still bears the scars of that experience, which he shared in a moving essay in the journal Medical Economics in 2006. His patient, Joy, a "beautiful, healthy 21-year-old," was about to give birth by C-section when the anesthesia was connected improperly, he wrote. By the time it was over, Joy was brain-dead and her baby was brain-damaged. Although he didn't make the mistake, he was the only one willing to meet with the family. "I apologized right away," he recalled last week. But the hospital, in Wisconsin, closed ranks. "I just felt like I was thrown to the lions," he said, especially when the story made the evening news. "I assumed I would get sued. I thought the only dignity I have left now is to support the family." In fact, when the woman's relatives filed suit, they specifically instructed their lawyer not to go after him. "I think they felt abandoned by everybody else," Brandeland said."

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/17127841.html?page=1&c=y

3/30/2008 8:29:09 AM

another problem with our nation's health care: coverups are probably frequent.

3/30/2008 8:38:26 AM

working in the health care industry, that one hurts. . .


ive known pharmacists deal with patients who die from something technically out of their control/not directly their fault, but it's true, that shit is with you ALWAYS.

[Edited on March 30, 2008 at 8:41 AM. Reason : (damn i blew my palindrome count) ]

3/30/2008 8:40:29 AM