The AMA’s American Medical News takes the reader inside a Chicago malpractice trial in which Dr. Rose Diakos was sued for performing a tubal ligation which failed to prevent a patient’s pregnancy. The case resulted in a defense verdict, in part because the plaintiff’s expert witness came across quite badly, and the doctor learned at least one lesson: document her patient interviews with lots and lots of notes in future to protect herself (Tanya Albert, “One physician’s malpractice battle: Dr. Diakos on trial”, Mar. 22-29). Chris Rangel of RangelMD has some further thoughts on expert witnesses (Mar. 14). Psychologist Dan Shapiro, who specializes in counseling doctors, has written a book (“Delivering Doctor Amelia“) recounting his attempts to help a talented young ob/gyn who suspends her practice amid feelings of worthlessness and failure; the trigger for her doing so is the birth of a baby with cerebral palsy to one of her patients, with attending lawsuit (description in NYU Literature, the Arts and Medicine Database) (via MedPundit). And the Pennsylvania Medical Society has published comments by eight doctors-to-be explaining why they do not intend to set up practice in the litigation-wracked Keystone State (“The Medical Resident Diaries — Why They?re Leaving“).
M.D.s in the dock
The AMA’s American Medical News takes the reader inside a Chicago malpractice trial in which Dr. Rose Diakos was sued for performing a tubal ligation which failed to prevent a patient’s pregnancy. The case resulted in a defense verdict, in part because the plaintiff’s expert witness came across quite badly, and the doctor learned at […]
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