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Physicians fear being sued by patients, a well- known fact, but many also worry about being targeted by fellow doctors through the process of peer review. Allegations of poor care or other serious complaints against a doctor go to a panel, consisting mainly of physicians, that decides in secret whether the accused has done wrong. That system is too open to manipulation and needs reform, says the 4,000-member American Association of Physicians and Surgeons. The Semmelweis Society agrees; its 85 members are mostly doctors who claim to be victims of "malicious peer review," in which the process...
...policy’s supporters said that its implementation may reduce malpractice fees by fostering increased trust between doctor and patient. However, no conclusive studies have been conducted...
...boils down to the very basic principle of a doctor-patient relationship. The relationship has to be strong and have good communication, and if something goes wrong you still need to have that,” Jernegan said...
...astronauts' final day began with Scotland the Brave, piped over the radio. The song was for Laurel Clark, the doctor from Iowa who was coming to the end of her first space flight. Did she know the words? "Wild are the winds to meet you. Staunch are the friends that greet you, kind as the love that shines from fair maidens' eyes." Her friends and family had been waiting to greet her from the moment she left. After Columbia lifted off safely, Clark's brother Daniel Salton told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he realized he had been holding...
...traced back to its traditional medical beliefs. "According to Chinese medicine, every single illness has a remedy," says Dr. Lam Tai-pong, an assistant dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Hong Kong. That means Chinese patients are more likely than Westerners to visit the doctor for minor illnesses, and when they go, they are more likely to expect some kind of medication. In addition, most mainland Chinese hospitals lack modern diagnostic resources, leaving doctors unable to tell which bacteria might be causing an infection or whether it's even bacterial at all, so they'll dose...