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Re: NYTimes.com Article: The Doctor's World: Take Two Torts and Call Me in the Morning From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Tue Dec 14 17:43:26 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: ainsron: "Re: Keloids" Previous message: ainsron: "Re: Breech" In reply to: rmodugno@aol.com: "NYTimes.com Article: The Doctor's World: Take Two Torts and Call Me in the Morning" At Tue, 14 Dec 2004, rmodugno@aol.com wrote: > >"Mr. Edwards may have been among those who got extra tests. >Dr. Edmundson said that when Mr. Edwards once fainted in >1996, two years before he was Dr. Edmundson's patient, a >neurologist found no serious medical reason for the episode >and Mr. Edwards was then referred to a cardiologist. It was >a more extensive work-up than "most people would have" In NYC with an abundance of high profile plaintiffs' attorneys ( including one Sheldon Silver, the Speaker of the NY State Assembly and avowed opponent ot tort reform), everyone has easy access to a trial lawyer. Therefore, a considerable number of patients receive extra tests, office visits, and procedures lest some detail be omitted which may later prove costly in a courtroom. These indeed prove costly but have not made a dent in NY malpractice premiums. The indirect costs of malpractice to society are rarely considered, yet these are all too true costs which must be contained. And they affect us all. art -- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker Next message: ainsron: "Re: Keloids" Previous message: ainsron: "Re: Breech" In reply to: rmodugno@aol.com: "NYTimes.com Article: The Doctor's World: Take Two Torts and Call Me in the Morning"

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