Lawyers are to blame for their “good intentions“:
Trial lawyers may have good intentions in trying to hold healthcare providers accountable for every error that occurs in the care of patients, but according to this survey, the legal milieu may be having a secondary effect of reducing the willingness of specialty physicians to provide any emergency care.
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