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: Personal Injury and Social Security Disability BlogMassachusetts Considers Law That Allows Doctors To Say They're Sorry
By Robert Kraft
We need a law that lets doctors say "I'm sorry"? Yes, according to the Massachusetts Legislature. Here's part of a story from Boston.com:
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would let doctors say "I'm sorry" without admitting they made a medical mistake.
Doctors have long expressed frustration that showing any compassion toward patients or their families -- especially after a death following an operation or treatment -- can be used against them in a medical malpractice lawsuit.
The bill sponsored by Barnstable Democratic Sen. Robert D. O'Leary would make the expression of "benevolence, regret, sympathy, commiseration, condolence or compassion" inadmissible as evidence in such a lawsuit.
Full post as published by Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).
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