Comments on: Can litigation slow medical progress? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/can-litigation-slow-medical-progress.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/can-litigation-slow-medical-progress.html#comment-70178 Anonymous Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/can-litigation-slow-medical-progress.html#comment-70178 So because a researcher might have to explain his findings and answer to them when he might not want to, his progress is "slowed"? <br/><br/>Sleep slows medical progress. Golf slows medical progress. Talking to the wife slows medical progress. Let's outlaw them.<br/><br/>Good stuff. So because a researcher might have to explain his findings and answer to them when he might not want to, his progress is “slowed”?

Sleep slows medical progress. Golf slows medical progress. Talking to the wife slows medical progress. Let’s outlaw them.

Good stuff.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/can-litigation-slow-medical-progress.html#comment-70165 Anonymous Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/can-litigation-slow-medical-progress.html#comment-70165 This isn't news, just a restatement of the obvious. Litigation fears and burdensome regulation "protect" patients from innovations both good and bad. This is why much medical innovation is coming from the petri dishes of other countries. Absolute risk aversion equals stasis. This isn’t news, just a restatement of the obvious. Litigation fears and burdensome regulation “protect” patients from innovations both good and bad. This is why much medical innovation is coming from the petri dishes of other countries. Absolute risk aversion equals stasis.

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