>Punishing doctors for making human errors will not result in perfection. Yeah but it's not just about punishment. A small portion of medical professionals acc

>Punishing doctors for making human errors will not result in perfection. Yeah but it's not just about punishment. A small portion of medical professionals account for a disproportionately large amount of all medical malpractice claims. The worst 1% accounted for a third of all malpractice claims according to a recent study. I agree that we shouldn't be cracking down on individual mistakes, but we certainly do need to crack down on doctors who are significantly more likely to harm patients in the future. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/857885 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/857885