[lbo-talk] Excessive Lawsuits, Gay Rights, Tort Reform,

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Nov 21 15:10:53 PST 2004


<james at communistbanker.com> wrote:


>Doug writes of my example that, "This sort of thing is a
>staple of the right-wing anecdote machine", which is irrelevant.
>If doctors make decisions based on what they are most likely
>to be sued over, rather than what is best for the patient,
>then patient care is likely to suffer.

You forgot to quote the part where I said that the right-wing anecdote machine thrives on pretending that extraordinary things are actually quite ordinary, when they're not. In this instance, your view of litigation driving medical practice is way overblown.

Doug



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