Mass. High Court: Doctors Liable for Patient's Lessened Chance of Survival
East News • July 24, 2008
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that physicians can be held liable in a wrongful death action when their negligence lessens a patient's chance of survival.
The ruling, which for ...
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Subject: Patient Responsibility
Posted On: July 24, 2008, 12:59 pm CDT
Posted By: M
Comment:
Let me say first - it's sad & difficult when anyone dies. Now, onto my comment....
Why do the courts keep taking away individual responsibility? No one is perfect and mistakes always happen. Over & over more people are paying for others mistakes.
Doctors - no one is all knowing. They do the best they can within the limitations the Health Insurance Companies put on them & their billing/referrel structure. If you don't like what the doctors say (or don't say), go somewhere else for a 2nd opinion. I have been with my primary care physician since I was a teenager. I have sought 2nd and even 3rd opinions if I felt the need. There should be a standard and all doctors are not as qualified as perha[s they should be. Make malpractice for those that do wrong & cause injury/death. The price is skyrocketing & there is no end in sight is the courts keeping making people more & more accountable for things they sometimes have no control over.
As we all say - courts need to stop making the laws & strictly enforce the. Our law makers also have to make the laws a bit more plain so that there is less space between the lines to read into.
Subject: Patient Responsibility
Why do the courts keep taking away individual responsibility? No one is perfect and mistakes always happen. Over & over more people are paying for others mistakes.
Doctors - no one is all knowing. They do the best they can within the limitations the Health Insurance Companies put on them & their billing/referrel structure. If you don't like what the doctors say (or don't say), go somewhere else for a 2nd opinion. I have been with my primary care physician since I was a teenager. I have sought 2nd and even 3rd opinions if I felt the need. There should be a standard and all doctors are not as qualified as perha[s they should be. Make malpractice for those that do wrong & cause injury/death. The price is skyrocketing & there is no end in sight is the courts keeping making people more & more accountable for things they sometimes have no control over.
As we all say - courts need to stop making the laws & strictly enforce the. Our law makers also have to make the laws a bit more plain so that there is less space between the lines to read into.