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Re: Breech birth From: Charlie Chambers (ricechaz@gorge.net) Mon Nov 28 14:29:58 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: ainsron: "Re: I have an idea..." Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: FRI Delicate choice just got tougher" In reply to: ENDODOK@aol.com: "Re: Breech birth" Next in thread: Dean Huffman .: "Re: Breech birth [Now Professional Liability Litigation]" Reply: Dean Huffman .: "Re: Breech birth [Now Professional Liability Litigation]" Some excellent points. Plus, the possibility that you may not be insurable meaning that you may be unemployable. One thing to lose a malpractice case, but to be forced out of careers that we all have trained long and hard is unacceptable. On Nov 28, 2005, at 10:14 AM, ENDODOK@aol.com wrote: > It is so easy for the inexperienced (ie never sued) individual > to scream loudly about choice. They do not understand the financial > and mental stress associated with any lawsuit- filed, threatened, > settled or dropped. We are required by our liability carriers to > inform them of any possible suit thus a potential claim file is > opened. Even if ultimately the case goes nowhere, or if filed and > dropped, the physician is "tagged" so to speak, and as these > reported potential cases accumulate, the companies are spending > money, and this results in surcharges that push liability premiums > higher and higher. > Being vindicated in a filed suit that went to court is of no > solice, as those defense costs ( which can easily cost over a > $100,000) are part of a doctor's run/loss record, which is > recovered by the insurance company by large surcharges. The > patient's consent may not carry the verdict for the defense. > Acknowledging procedures that carry significant risk for a > suboptimal result (eg VBAC/rupture/ maternal and/or fetal injury/ > death), the defense has to be avoidance of such situations. > Personally, I am awaiting next year's liability statement from > my carrier. It may be the last straw for me to continue medical > practice. > > JGB ************************************************************************ **** Charlie Chambers -- Hood River, OR cchamber@alumni.rice.edu "Almost anything you do will seem insignificant but it is very important that you do it....You must be the change you wish to see in the world" -- Mahatma Ghandi. ************************************************************************ ******* Next message: ainsron: "Re: I have an idea..." Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: FRI Delicate choice just got tougher" In reply to: ENDODOK@aol.com: "Re: Breech birth" Next in thread: Dean Huffman .: "Re: Breech birth [Now Professional Liability Litigation]" Reply: Dean Huffman .: "Re: Breech birth [Now Professional Liability Litigation]"

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