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runaroundsue
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 Posted: 12/08/04 - 10:39 Post subject:
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It's true that it's well known that Philly hands out higher awards than do the suburbs. But lawyers everywhere judge shop b/c they want the best outcome for their cases, not necessarily on med mal only.
They also forum shop, to make sure the court is the right place for their client to be. |
and why wouldn't they?? I mean, if an average laborer has a choice of two paper mills doing the same amount of work, same hours and one pays $18/hr and $25/hr, wouldn't they want to maximize their profit? Of course!! But when lawyers and doctors make choices and moves to earn more profit....it seems to bother everyone. Sometimes it "is" taken to the extreme and the consumer is affected by the process and that is why there needs to be restrictions. But in the meantime, I can't fault lawyers for trying to make the most for themselves as well as their clients.
The problem is many states have law degrees in office. So I'll point the finger at the politicians and their law background. What do you think they'll be doing once they are out of office?????
I think the problem with the medical malpractice cases, such as the one (at least in my opinion) I posted, is that it isn't necessarily neglience....more like ignorance. Should a person get sued if they tried and failed? It's one thing if the doctors are doing all they can versus "wow it's my lunchtime, I'll see ya in an hour".
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Posted: 12/08/04 - 11:27 Post subject:
Not to remove any responsibility from lawyers, who definitely have a huge stake in the outcome, but I can't help but think that if we hadn't put doctors on a pedestal in the first place we wouldn't be in this situation. It's hard not to, though, since they fix or save the thing most precious to all of us.
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Posted: 12/08/04 - 15:58 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | Not to remove any responsibility from lawyers, who definitely have a huge stake in the outcome, but I can't help but think that if we hadn't put doctors on a pedestal in the first place we wouldn't be in this situation. It's hard not to, though, since they fix or save the thing most precious to all of us. |
...which would bring in the HMOs part in the whole mess. If anyone, knocked doctors off their pedestals it'd be them. Putting time limits on patients/doctor visits to maximize the #patients seen, put doctor on a punch clock just like a blue collar worker. Certainly wasn't a standard that kept the consumer in mind. I really love, love being that midafternoon patient where the doctor has already fallen behind, give up his 15 minute lunch slot and finds himself behind again and you can tell that he's just hoping that your answer to "do you have anymore questions?" is "no" 
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