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Fear of malpractice lawsuits drives doctors to perform many extra procedures to protect themselves against accusations of negligence. The A.M.A. estimates that defensive medicine adds $21 billion to the U.S. health-care bill every year. Other experts, including former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, believe the cost is several times that high. Some reformers think juries in malpractice cases share the blame by punishing doctors not only for shoddy practice but also for their human limitations. "Medical care is not always successful," says Aetna's Kelly. "But that doesn't mean the doctor should have to pay huge awards...
Citizen Kane with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Everett Sloane...
Opposition to the law is far from universal, however. "I think the public believes that if just one David Berkowitz or Henry Hill makes piles of money retelling his crime, it's one too many," Everett Mayhew, senior attorney for New York State's Crime Victims Board, told the Wall Street Journal...
Some survivors transform themselves from victims to activists. Until Patti and Kelvin Barton of Everett, Wash., lobbied their state legislature three years ago to enact a new law, it was almost impossible for anyone to bring civil charges of childhood sexual abuse after the victim turned 21. Because many incest survivors, like Patti, do not even realize their childhood experiences until they are well into adulthood, they had few legal options against their abusers. The Washington law now allows people three years to bring suit after the discovery of either the abuse or the injury it caused. A dozen other...
...years old. He stands five feet, 10 inches tall. He weighs 155 pounds. He's got Jack Nicholson's hairline, C. Everett Koop's beard. He attended the University of Miami, and he thinks he graduated, although he doesn't recall attending any classes at that fine institution...