Ariz. Senate Backs Malpractice Changes Sought by Physicians
West News • February 22, 2005
The Senate gave preliminary approval Feb. 17 to a three-pronged medical malpractice bill backed by business groups and physicians.
The measure would provide a legal shield for doctors' apologies, ...
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Subject: Sounds like a crappy new law
Posted On: February 22, 2005, 4:36 pm CST
Posted By: Smitty
Comment:
"The bill also would require that an expert witness called by a medical-malpractice plaintiff be a licensed professional and have the same specialty as the physician named in the lawsuit if that physician is a specialist"
There aren't that many "specialists", every single one could know one each other. Most "victims" of negligent medicine would never be able to find a prosecuting doctor, if they did he's surely take a huge cut of any award or charge a huge fee.
Any licensed medical doctor should be allowed to critique any other doctor's work in court. THis law is horrible for the patient and great for hack doctors.
West News 
Subject: Sounds like a crappy new law
There aren't that many "specialists", every single one could know one each other. Most "victims" of negligent medicine would never be able to find a prosecuting doctor, if they did he's surely take a huge cut of any award or charge a huge fee.
Any licensed medical doctor should be allowed to critique any other doctor's work in court. THis law is horrible for the patient and great for hack doctors.