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My wife works with some VERY good doctors. Doesn't matter if you're a poor doc or a good one. The lawyers are looking for their lottery jackpots.



What does "poor" have to do with anything? Micheal Jackson's doctor was making a couple hundred thousand dollars a month.

Edit: sorry, I guess you meant inferior or incompetent, my bad.

Practicing defensive medicine does not save you from lawsuits. That is a myth. Ordering extra tests do not save you from losing a lawsuit. Another myth.

What is most likely to cause a doctor to win a lawsuit (no matter if it was warranted or not) is practicing appropriate evidence based medicine that is the standard of care in his area. That is it. Nothing else. No extra testing. No defensive medicine.



Edited by E.Y.Davis (09/02/09 12:58 PM)
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