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AN APOLOGY MAY BE THE BEST MEDICINE: Reducing medical malpractice suits
While litigation can help plaintiffs recover damages or obtain injunctive relief, there is one type of relief that a judge cannot order one party to bestow upon another: a sincere apology. Mediation,...
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To continue with the topic from February 5′s posting concerning the power of the apology in reducing litigation over medical errors, today’s Boston Globe carries a story unnervingly captioned “The...
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Health care lawyer, mediator, and arbitrator hosts Columbus Day Blawg Review
Blawg Review #129 is hosted this week by David Harlow, a health care lawyer and consultant who also serves as a neutral in health care mediation and arbitration and assists clients in developing and...
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Apologies can improve the health of hospital-patient relations
All Things Considered, a National Public Radio news magazine, recently aired a program on the benefits for both patients and the medical profession when hospitals find better ways to respond to medical...
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Mandatory arbitration agreements unhealthy for patients
Two different sources — one approvingly, one not — report that a growing number of doctors are asking patients to enter into agreements to arbitrate malpractice claims and waive their right to trial by...
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