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Re: Coulter, Malpractice & EdwardsFrom: Gerald P. Rodríguez (geraldpr@cybermesa.com)Sun Jul 11 13:53:40 2004
Along the same line, Harrison, is the ACOG "Today" glossy news publication, July 2004, that features Vivian Dickerson at her inaugural address as the new President, urging all ACOG members to embrace her "Women's Health Bill of Rights." Now, no one would argue that the 10 listed rights should not be part of every OB-GYN's credo. How can one argue against, e.g., being for "Socioeconomic and Political Equality" for women. But is all a lot of "feel good" pap. Nowhere, evidently, in her inaugural address was there more than a nod re the issues of tort reform and professional liability. In the very same issue, buried in one of the back pages (p. 9), is a small piece reporting that the percentage of ob-gyn residency slots filled by U.S. medical school seniors this year was down to 65%, down from 75% in 2000, 2001, & 2002, and down from 68% in 2003. Are we dying on the vine, or what? <<Plaintiff attorneys like John Edwards are not the people who go into court and testify that standards of care were not met.>> And in most cases of CP, the whores who testify against the defendant Ob-Gyn are being paid a lot less than the whores who represent the plaintiff. J. Edwards may be, in some eyes, "for the little guy," but his $800M is ill-begotten. Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG Santa Fe
> ----- Original Message ----- 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. Don Miller wrote: Personally, I'd prefer keeping such vitriol spewing columnists like Ann Coulter off the list. 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? 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. 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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