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August 18, 2011
Medical Malpractice Round-up
- "Angioplasty and stents may do more harm than good."
- An article in the New York Times magazine, written by a doctor, says addressing the issue of tired and overworked your physicians does not reduce medical errors HT: Overlawyered.
- A new study says state medical boards are not doing such a great job protecting consumers from bad doctors.
- A Pennsylvania woman has been awarded more than $2.2 million in her suit against the nursing home she said gave her late father poor care.
- Victims of North Carolina's old "eugenics board"--can you believe such a thing existed in the U.S.--are seeking compensation for forced sterilizations.
- A Florida abortion doctor slapped with a $36 million malpractice verdict will not get a new trial. His case involved a woman who came to him for an abortion and, because of what a jury said last month was malpractice, ended up giving birth to a severely disabled girl.
