Re: Coulter, Malpractice & Edwards
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Sun Jul 11 13:03:34 2004
"We have met the enemy and they is us "
Walt Kelly
At Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Harrison Sheld wrote:
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>Points well taken. The editorialists in July Contemporary OB/GYN are
>worried about OTC Plan B while trial lawyers want to rip our hearts out
>with their bare hands. On the other hand, in this month's Green Journal,
>ACOG and ABOG want to maintain excellence suggesting some more hoops to
>jump through for credentialing. How many state boards now want proof of
>CME in Bioterrorism, End of Life Care, Ethics, and whatever. Next it
>will be table manners. And then, and this is the kicker, we are asked
>why there are a declining number of med school applicants, and fewer
>physicians are going into OB/GYN. Golly gee, I don't know. Maybe some of
>our colleagues will wise up when the yearly Compendium of Selected
>Publications is replaced with the Federal Register.
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>Don Miller wrote:
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>>>Personally, I'd prefer keeping such vitriol spewing columnists like Ann
>>>Coulter off the list.
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>>>I second the motion that we refrain from quoting miscreants
>>>
>>Personally, I'd prefer that we denounce those on the list who would try
>>to impose their own political "filters" on what should or should not be
>>posted here. And why is it always those who are the most "liberal", are
>>the ones who are most intolerant of opposing views and are so quick to
>>name-calling?
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>>>In the hope of getting this conversation back onto the issue at hand
>>>
>>The issue "at hand" is tort/malpractice reform and NOT which candidate
>>is most eloquent. I hope that you agree that the progress of
>>tort/malpractice reform in the USA directly affects, every day, the
>>livelihood and career choices of many on this list. Physicians should
>>be allowed to inform themselves of ALL views on such issues and make
>>their own decisions - and then live with the consequences of those
>>decisions.
>>
>>As I first said, it is a certainty, that with a trial lawyer who has
>>made millions suing doctors (primarily obstetricians) in the White House
>>(e.g. a fox in the henhouse), that tort reform would be DEAD for years.
>>I just hope that trial lawyers don't try to "get back" at physicians
>>like they did to the docs in Florida who sought to limit trial lawyer
>>fees.
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>>BTW, I like how you have decided that physicians are the real source of
>>the malpractice crisis. I'm sure Edwards and the trial lawyers' lobby
>>would agree with you.
>>
>>--
>>Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD, FACOG
>>eNATAL, LLC
>>http://www.eNATAL.com
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art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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