X-Spam-Status: No -- Hits: -0.236 Required: 5 X-Spam-Summary: BAYES_20,HTML_40_50,HTML_MESSAGE,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE,NO_REAL_NAME Sender: -0.236 (spamval) -- NONE Return-Path: Received: from smtp.eecs.umich.edu (smtp.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.43]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iA9JqjHF021648 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:52:45 -0500 Received: from idoldancer.mr.itd.umich.edu (idoldancer.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.14.76]) by smtp.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iA9JqdcN030570; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:52:39 -0500 Received: FROM imo-d21.mx.aol.com (imo-d21.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.207]) BY idoldancer.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 41911E32.98981.19600 ; 9 Nov 2004 14:44:50 -0500 Received: from ElyzabethJ Æ aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id a.13e.5d55098 (4560) for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:44:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <13e.5d55098.2ec2781d Æ aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1100029469" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5027 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:44:29 EST To: improvetheworld Æ umich.edu From: ElyzabethJ Æ aol.com Subject: re: medical liabilities Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6 -------------------------------1100029469 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit so a jury of doctors can determine whether the doctor in question was negligent or not. what do you guys think? i thought it sounded pretty interesting. I think that would be a great idea, but of course doctors may be biased towards their mates as well. If Dr A votes against Dr B then next time Dr B may vote against Dr A just because. As an ER nurse, I see a lot of interesting facets in medical litigation and sometimes i see things that are BLATENTLY wrong and sometimes even end up in a patient dying and I wish I could say to the patient's family "you need to look into that" but I also see the other side where little things -- like an IV infiltration on a baby -- which may not be a big deal and lawyers become involved. I do think suing big corporations is a grand idea though! get rid of the corporations! :) Elyzabeth Peoria IL -------------------------------1100029469 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

so a jury of doctors can determine
whether the do= ctor in question was negligent or not. what do you guys
think? = ; i thought it sounded pretty interesting.

I think that would be a great=20= idea, but of course doctors may be biased towards their mates as well. If Dr= A votes against Dr B then next time Dr B may vote against Dr A just because= . As an ER nurse, I see a lot of interesting facets in medical litigat= ion and sometimes i see things that are BLATENTLY wrong and sometimes even e= nd up in a patient dying and I wish I could say to the patient's family "you= need to look into that" but I also see the other side where little things -= - like an IV infiltration on a baby -- which may not be a big deal and lawye= rs become involved.

I do think suing big corporati= ons is a grand idea though! get rid of the corporations! :)=

Elyzabeth

Peoria IL

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