re: OT lawyers. ..Ever think about hanging it up?

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Patients often ask "why" something is being done or ordered, and I've said "Morris Bart runs this ER". Most of what I do now and for the rest of my career is being dictated by the potential for being sued. So I have to treat patients based on that instead of treating them based on my education and training.

It disgusts me

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You know what disgusts me?

Doctors who frick up a patient's life by giving an incorrect dosage of anesthesia and act like a lawyer is the bad guy for trying to get money for said patient or said patient's family.

Med Mal works both ways. I hear you loud and clear and much has been done to address the abundance of medical malpractice cases. For instance, Louisiana has a cap on damages payable by the doctor. But the truth is, medical procedures are dangerous, doctors sometimes screw up, and when they screw up, it has dramatic consequences on their patients' lives.