Comments on: A doctor is sued for following the USPSTF guidelines on prostate cancer screening http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-72066 Anonymous Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-72066 Oh, by all means, treat the bastards. And just to make sure they get ALL the tests (just to be sure), they'll need an LP, and a colonoscpy, and an Upper/Lower GI series, and an IVP, and a DRE, and every other unpleasant procedure in the book, every time.<br/><br/>After all, thats what they want, right? Oh, by all means, treat the bastards. And just to make sure they get ALL the tests (just to be sure), they’ll need an LP, and a colonoscpy, and an Upper/Lower GI series, and an IVP, and a DRE, and every other unpleasant procedure in the book, every time.

After all, thats what they want, right?

]]> By: Dr. Ghttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-53828 Dr. G Sun, 10 Jul 2005 03:33:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-53828 C'mon. That's just silly. Not treat trial lawyers- Natural selection is an interesting analogy. Who's to say that the environment in which we practice is not naturally supposed to have patients that don't like us or are even preditory to us. I think it's naive to get into this buisness and say that no one ever told you its going to be hard. When I teach, I tell students that part of the dignity and respect that we have in this profession is to rise above the pettiness and judgements that others can easily afford. You treat what you get. C’mon. That’s just silly. Not treat trial lawyers- Natural selection is an interesting analogy. Who’s to say that the environment in which we practice is not naturally supposed to have patients that don’t like us or are even preditory to us. I think it’s naive to get into this buisness and say that no one ever told you its going to be hard. When I teach, I tell students that part of the dignity and respect that we have in this profession is to rise above the pettiness and judgements that others can easily afford. You treat what you get.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-51637 Anonymous Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-51637 I don't treat trial lawyers specializing in medical malpractice. Natural selection will do the rest. I don’t treat trial lawyers specializing in medical malpractice. Natural selection will do the rest.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-51635 Anonymous Wed, 11 Aug 2004 03:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-51635 No, really, don't treat trial lawyers!<br /><br />See this: <br />http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001955494_ama14m.html No, really, don’t treat trial lawyers!

See this:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001955494_ama14m.html

]]> By: ReploglePlasticSurgeryhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-51632 ReploglePlasticSurgery Tue, 10 Aug 2004 04:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-51632 Was the plaintiff attorney's name John Edwards?<br /><br />This is far worse than just lawyers feeling they are entitled to dictate how doctors are trained. This is legal extortion. Other lawyers can blow it off as just a bad result but it's endemic and getting worse all the time. I have a case here where a general surgeon and oncologist were successfully sued for causing a young woman to die of breast cancer when in fact they did everything right, the patient herself would have never sued them, and the primary care doc who might have actually had some responsibility for delaying the diagnosis wasn't sued because he had no money. <br /><br />We will indeed pay for this insanity. The residency programs are folding here and we will are losing the battle with both older docs like this one as well as with the new ones. Our best and brightest don't go to medical school these days. The science is too hard and besides they can make millions while saving society by going to law school.<br /><br />Oh, and tell the plaintiff attorney, next time he's really sick, go to a naturopath or a lawyer for treatment. Was the plaintiff attorney’s name John Edwards?

This is far worse than just lawyers feeling they are entitled to dictate how doctors are trained. This is legal extortion. Other lawyers can blow it off as just a bad result but it’s endemic and getting worse all the time. I have a case here where a general surgeon and oncologist were successfully sued for causing a young woman to die of breast cancer when in fact they did everything right, the patient herself would have never sued them, and the primary care doc who might have actually had some responsibility for delaying the diagnosis wasn’t sued because he had no money.

We will indeed pay for this insanity. The residency programs are folding here and we will are losing the battle with both older docs like this one as well as with the new ones. Our best and brightest don’t go to medical school these days. The science is too hard and besides they can make millions while saving society by going to law school.

Oh, and tell the plaintiff attorney, next time he’s really sick, go to a naturopath or a lawyer for treatment.

]]> By: Kevinhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-51551 Kevin Mon, 24 May 2004 15:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-51551 You need Adobe Acrobat to read it since it's a .pdf file. The article is entitled "Winners and losers" from the January 7th, 2004 issue of JAMA. You need Adobe Acrobat to read it since it’s a .pdf file. The article is entitled “Winners and losers” from the January 7th, 2004 issue of JAMA.

]]> By: Cameronhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-51550 Cameron Mon, 24 May 2004 15:33:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-51550 Kevin, I'm not sure you'll read this, but if you do: I'm having trouble opening the JAMA article you cited (I think it's my computer, not your site), so I was wondering if you could tell me what article's title was, or which issue so I could dig it up mysef. Thanks! Kevin, I’m not sure you’ll read this, but if you do: I’m having trouble opening the JAMA article you cited (I think it’s my computer, not your site), so I was wondering if you could tell me what article’s title was, or which issue so I could dig it up mysef. Thanks!

]]> By: Enoch Choihttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-51545 Enoch Choi Sat, 22 May 2004 07:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-51545 individual resident md's are typically dropped from the suit (no savings) when they go for the deep pockets (residency & hospital). At least that's how they do it here in the UC system. (univ of california) individual resident md’s are typically dropped from the suit (no savings) when they go for the deep pockets (residency & hospital). At least that’s how they do it here in the UC system. (univ of california)

]]> By: FPhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/05/doctor-sued-uspstf-guidelines-prostate-cancer-screening.html#comment-51542 FP Thu, 20 May 2004 20:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/05/evidence-based-medicine-up-for-trial-and-loses.html#comment-51542 I got pretty worked up about this as well. Here is what a local medical malpractice attorney told me after I sent him the article: "I also read the articles you attached. Both highy interesting. I can understand the disappointment shared by the EBM community. One bad result is no more than one bad result. I am curious as to how the physician could have been exonerated but the institution for whom he worked not. Maybe the thought was that he did what he was taught and believed but the EMB concept taught by the institution was flawed? Most unusual verdict." I got pretty worked up about this as well. Here is what a local medical malpractice attorney told me after I sent him the article: “I also read the articles you attached. Both highy interesting. I can understand the disappointment shared by the EBM community. One bad result is no more than one bad result. I am curious as to how the physician could have been exonerated but the institution for whom he worked not. Maybe the thought was that he did what he was taught and believed but the EMB concept taught by the institution was flawed? Most unusual verdict.”

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