Posted on 07/07/2003 6:20:39 PM PDT by friendly
Christine Mills found the lump in her breast in March. But later, when she tried to get an appointment for a mammogram, the 43-year-old Orlando woman was told she would have to wait until September -- nearly four months.
Mills, whose family has a history of breast cancer, knew waiting that long could put her life at risk.
So she worked the phones until she managed to get an appointment in May at a Longwood facility. The tumor proved to be malignant, and Mills had surgery in June.
Her fight for what many consider to be a basic, lifesaving test illustrates a growing trend in Florida, where fewer doctors are doing procedures such as mammograms that carry a high risk of lawsuits.
Physicians also are cutting back on the number of hospitals where they practice, in part to reduce their hectic schedules, but also to decrease the risk of litigation. As a result, hospitals statewide have fewer doctors on call and are struggling to provide certain emergency services and lawsuit-prone procedures.
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LOL. One maddening thing (for the docs) about the medical liability industry is that the suits and payouts generally bear no relationship to competence.
Thus doctors who agree see the most high risk (sickest) patients are the most likely to be sued. Very sick patients are more likely to have adverse outcomes. Another example is the gold mine (for crooked lawyers) who make mega-bucks off of neurosurgeons (brain injury almost always has some residual brain damage, by definition) and obstetricans (congenital blameless birth defects equals lawyer yachts and French Riviera condos).
DEMOCRATIC PARTY (2002 election cycle) Top Industries
The entertainment industry is #1, followed by "Lawyers/Law Firms" at #2.
So stop trying to make me feel guilty.
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