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Fri 5 Mar, 2004 12:27 pm
In Texas, Hire a Lawyer, Forget About a Doctor?So, is it fair for doctors to "blacklist" medical malpractice plaintiffs?
Hmmm.. "Fair".. I really hate "fair". Is it fair? No. Is it "fair" for people to blacklist doctors that have malpractice suits against them? No.
I guess it all goes back to "life isn't fair". Blahh. Got beer?
I think to be completely fair the site also should be required to post the names address and the specialty of the doctors who use the service.
The phrase that springs to mind is "the first amendment" if it is O.K. to be able to talk about " wogs and coons" and be within your first amendment rights, why shouldn't doctors be able to talk about litigious type people?
Ya missed me point thar Phoenix! "Fair" is one of those things that's in the eye of the beholder. What's "fair" to one person isn't necessarily "fair" to another.
Joe..
Very nice picture of Richard J. Daley!
The issue is "fairness".
I would think 'it's "fair"but certainly not ethical for Docs to blacklist certain patients.
It's also common sense on the part of the MDs. Who wants "trouble" visiting their office each adn every day?
fishin'- Gotcha! I am particularly concrete early in the morning! :wink:
joefromchicago- I think that it is a good idea. The medical litigation has gotten completely out of hand, where it is turning the entire practice of medicine on its head, increasing malpractice insurance, and discouraging qualified individuals from going into medicine. I say hurray for the doctors.
What do you think of people who enter medicine ( as MDs) strictly to make big cash?
Phoenix32890 wrote:Quote:What do you think of people who enter medicine ( as MDs) strictly to make big cash?
IMO, people who go into medicine should have a deep desire to help people. If money is what a person wants, he/she should go into a commercial business. People who are "bottom line" oriented do not make good physicians.
Could this be a reason why the number of applicants to med school has been falling over the past several years?
Miller- Absolutely. I also think that this is why more and more female applicants are entering medical school. Managed care, and high malpractice fees have turned off many men away from medicine. I personally have had two (male) doctors tell me that they would discourage their boys from going to medical school. My own doctor left private practice to work at the V.A., where the government handles the malpractice.
Getting back to my point about women. I think that the reason that women are now going into medicine in much larger numbers is because there is less of a concern for the women about making huge bucks. I think that this willl ultimately help the medical field, because the type of women who will now go in for medicine, will BE the ones who want to heal, not just simply make money.
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