"Roger Long" wrote in
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During the last of the little contact I had with the PO of my boat
he
told me that their entire cruising season had just been wiped out
because the doctor or technician managed to poke the probe through
his
colon and hospitalize him with peritonitis.



60,000-70,000 die every year from medical mistakes....and is not
"news" for investigative reporting.......Why?

Larry
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Larry wrote:
60,000-70,000 die every year from medical mistakes....and is not
"news" for investigative reporting.......Why?


Because a heck of a lot more people gain very significant improvements
in their lives... in fact, the very continuance of their lives....
because of medical non-mistakes.

If you're worried about doctors making mistakes (and they are only
human, despite what they're taught in med school), don't go to one.

DSK

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:49:45 -0800, dougking888 wrote:

Larry wrote:
60,000-70,000 die every year from medical mistakes....and is not "news"
for investigative reporting.......Why?


Because a heck of a lot more people gain very significant improvements
in their lives... in fact, the very continuance of their lives....
because of medical non-mistakes.

If you're worried about doctors making mistakes (and they are only
human, despite what they're taught in med school), don't go to one.

DSK

Like anything else, there are some very good doctors out there, and there
are some very bad doctors. Unfortunately, there aren't many good ways to
find out which is which.

On Dec 16, 9:06 pm, wrote:
Like anything else, there are some very good doctors out there, and there
are some very bad doctors. Unfortunately, there aren't many good ways to
find out which is which.

Yes, there is. First resource (in fact i would recommend this to Skip)
is the state medical review board. Find out how many problems any
particular doc has had with the procedure you're considering, how many
times they've been sued, etc etc.

The next is to get a list of board-certified MDs in the specialty
you're interested in. Although it isn't a guarantee, some real lu-lus
get thru board certs, but at least you're not going to a doc who once
heard about your procedure over pizza & beer back when he was a
resident, and hasn't even read a magazine article about it since.

Remember, lawyers make more money from the American health-care system
than doctors do. And the gov't wants to keep it that way.

DSK

wrote in message
...
On Dec 16, 9:06 pm, wrote:
Like anything else, there are some very good doctors out there, and there
are some very bad doctors. Unfortunately, there aren't many good ways to
find out which is which.

Yes, there is. First resource (in fact i would recommend this to Skip)
is the state medical review board. Find out how many problems any
particular doc has had with the procedure you're considering, how many
times they've been sued, etc etc.

The next is to get a list of board-certified MDs in the specialty
you're interested in. Although it isn't a guarantee, some real lu-lus
get thru board certs, but at least you're not going to a doc who once
heard about your procedure over pizza & beer back when he was a
resident, and hasn't even read a magazine article about it since.

Remember, lawyers make more money from the American health-care system
than doctors do. And the gov't wants to keep it that way.

DSK



Some states have hospital comparison information available, such as is
starting to be the case in Cal.

http://www.calhospitalcompare.org/


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"Capt. JG" wrote:
Some states have hospital comparison information available, such as is
starting to be the case in Cal.

http://www.calhospitalcompare.org/


Another excellent resource, thanks.

It's over due for a discussion of how cruisers manage their doctors
visits, not to mention insurance.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

wrote:

Remember, lawyers make more money from the American health-care system
than doctors do. And the gov't wants to keep it that way.

More accurately: The lawyers pay the government to keep it that way.

As soon as someone comes up with something more powerful than what the
lawyers pay, the laws will change.

Stephen

Remember, lawyers make more money from the American health-care system
than doctors do. And the gov't wants to keep it that way.

Dave wrote:
Good line. And it would be truly scary if it were true.

One could quibble over accounting details, but the scary thing is that
lawyers *do* make more money from health care than doctors. For
example, check how many MDs are on insurance company payrolls, and how
many LLDs.

I sympathize with
the thought, however. There are too many law suits, including malpractice
suits.

Definitely.

OTOH there is too much malpractice. The question is, should your
health care risk (which is never zero, regardless of the procedure) be
turned into a lottery?

DSK

wrote in news:0b8e6938-6582-4832-82f8-7c32a33aadf0
@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

OTOH there is too much malpractice. The question is, should your
health care risk (which is never zero, regardless of the procedure) be
turned into a lottery?

DSK




I got a better question, Doc. Where in the oath does it say every doctor
has to be a millionaire on the backs of the patient victims of the health
care system? Is $600/hour fair, $1200? $2400? .....to see a doctor
educated at PUBLIC expense?

Larry
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crammed with obviously fake American products." - Jon Dudas, Undersecretary
of Commerce for Intellectual Property Rights.

How can they be fake? The Chinese make all "American Products" I use!