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> A physician doesn't injure herself when she mistreats you either. She can be sued and lose her license.
by PartiallyTyped 4y ago
> A physician doesn't injure herself when she mistreats you either.
She can be sued and lose her license.
- watwut 4y agoSame actually goes for layers. They can lose the license or be otherwise sanctioned by court.
- LarryMullins 4y agoThat's extremely rare, despite medical malpractice being the third leading cause of death in America. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_medical_errors_now_third_leading_cause_of_death_in_the_us https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_su...
- jfk13 4y agoMisleading. That report discusses "medical errors", not "medical malpractice". They are not the same thing.
- LarryMullins 4y agoPotato, potato. Getting killed by a doctor fucking up is the third leading cause of death in America and doctors VERY RARELY ever face consequences for this.
- jfk13 4y agoDoctors -- and the wider medical systems they're part of -- are certainly not perfect. I think there are issues with the American health system (if it's even meaningful to refer to "a system" there) that are crying out for reform and improvement. But your sort of inflammatory comments are neither accurate nor helpful. That's just mud-slinging to try and score cheap points. [Edited to add:] To quote from your own link above: > The researchers caution that most of medical errors aren’t due to inherently bad doctors, and that reporting these errors shouldn’t be addressed by punishment or legal action. Rather, they say, most errors represent systemic problems, including poorly coordinated care, fragmented insurance networks, the absence or underuse of safety nets, and other protocols, in addition to unwarranted variation in physician practice patterns that lack accountability. IMO, "killed by a doctor fucking up" is not a fair summary of that.