[dbussone]

Originally Posted by rubicon

dbussone:



Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability (William Osler)



The precursory comment every time a doctor is deposed or sworn in at a trial is "within a medical certainty"does.... Its an known unknown by many that medicine is not precise. Diagnostic testing are measured by their predictive values and likelihood...what I am leading to is that because of these uncertainties its all the more reason that administrative people need to get the heck out of the way between the relationship of doctor-patient.



To employees who work in such chaos day after day it soon becomes normal, "I am paid to do my job and I do my job". To patients in the waiting room its a mystery that these employees can't see what they see?



But administrative people ( medical insurance, government)maintain control for profit, bonuses, , power.



Let's us not forget those heroes who would be honor to handle your claim who force medical people to practice defensive medicine What a waste of resources and time. Clearly the tort laws need to be changed and given that medicine is imprecise its that much more important because many doctors may be held to a higher standard then is realistic

We agree.