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The important question isn't how to keep bad physicians from harming patient; it's how to keep good physicians from harming patients. Medical malpractice suits are a remarkably ineffective remedy.
(In reference to a Harvard Medical Practice Study)... fewer than 2 percent of the patients who had received substandard care ever filed suit. Conversely, only a small minority among patients who did sue had in fact been victims of negligent care. And a patient's likelihood of winning a suit depended pr
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― Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
― Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
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It is perfectly acceptable to have a physical problem in our culture, but people tend to shy away from anything that has to do with the emotions.
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― Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
― Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
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