Report a bad doctor to the authorities, go to jail? The trial, day two

[HuckleB]

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/02/report_a_bad_doctor_to_the_authorities_g_1.php

This is Kafkaesque and good old boyesque combined. To donate to the nurses support fund go to:
http://www.texasnurses.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=509

:mad:

[HuckleB]

1. Kick.

[Ilsa]

2. Thanks for posting this. I think that doc used to practice where I live.

I better not say anything else about that.

Texas nurses are used and abused. We don't have enough protection, no unions, etc. This case reflects it.

[NV Whino]

3. I'm going to kick this

because it's important.

[pleah]

4. K&R This isn't just sad, it's scary. n/t

[guruoo]

5. NYT: 'It is disturbing that this case even reached the courts.'

'It is disturbing that this case even reached the courts. The physician’s performance should
have been evaluated by the medical board before a criminal prosecution undermined the board’s
ability to obtain frank information from other hospital personnel. If the nurses had a flimsy,
concocted case, the doctor would presumably have been exonerated. This case also is bound to
have a chilling effect on the willingness of nurses to report doctors believed to be endangering
patients. That is not good news.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/opinion/10wed3.html