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jberryhill

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17. I think if you honestly read what I wrote

Reply to cbayer (Reply #16)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:03 AM

Sep 2012

Then it might occur to you that what I means by "I'd like to see" is that I do not know, and suggested "I'd like to see" as both an admission that I do not know, in the hope that perhaps someone else might.

If this type of a conversational device is unfamiliar to you, let's try an example:

Person 1 "I'd like to know the capital of New Hampshire. I could be wrong, but I'd guess it is Montplelier."

Person 2: "You should really find out the capital of New Hampshire before posting ."

In that example, Person 2 is chastising Person 1 for not having the correct answer when, in context, what Person 1 was doing was stating they did not know the capital of New Hampshire, and proposing a guess.

Person 1's statement is intended to invite discussion of what may or may not be the capital of New Hampshire, and most certainly cannot be understood as any kind of definite statement asserting its identity.

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Which occupation best controls malpractice? [View all] jberryhill Sep 2012 OP

The government insures the right to exercise your religion. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #1

The government is not required to supply you a priest, though jberryhill Sep 2012 #3

You only get a lawyer in certain kinds of cases. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #10

Yes I understand that jberryhill Sep 2012 #11

While not constitutional, you are guaranteed a physician if you visit an ER - EMTALA law. cbayer Sep 2012 #15

But the First Amendment entitles you to freedom of religion which means it guarantees you the JDPriestly Sep 2012 #25

I am not sure what this post is trying to say? edhopper Sep 2012 #2

Sometimes a post is not trying to "say" but to "ask" jberryhill Sep 2012 #4

If you could define what you think clerical malpractice would be edhopper Sep 2012 #6

One easy target jberryhill Sep 2012 #12

I can see that edhopper Sep 2012 #14

Probably doctors, since the results of their errors are often immediate and fatal. dimbear Sep 2012 #5

Most of the malpractice cases against doctors happen to a few with Leontius Sep 2012 #7

Agreed. Certain specialties are very vulnerable. Obstetrics, for instance. dimbear Sep 2012 #8

Many suits are frivolous and getting sued is not a meaningful marker of one's practice. cbayer Sep 2012 #9

I'd like to see relative rates between doctors and lawyers jberryhill Sep 2012 #13

I think it might behoove you to do some actual research and bring the data back cbayer Sep 2012 #16

I think if you honestly read what I wrote jberryhill Sep 2012 #17

But this is a poll on what others assume and not really a request for data. cbayer Sep 2012 #18

Naw, I really don't know... jberryhill Sep 2012 #21

As it is most likely an apples to oranges to pineapples comparison, it may not cbayer Sep 2012 #23

Similarly, I get really annoyed when I raise a question or a point Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #19

Each state separately oversees it's medical licensure program, so it may be very hard cbayer Sep 2012 #20

You could look at clergy two ways jberryhill Sep 2012 #22

I think there is a lot of area in between those two. cbayer Sep 2012 #24