Reply #200: oh, absolutely [View All]

[sir_captain]

i'd like to think that i'm pretty objective, and i've worked with lots of terrible doctors as well as good ones. lord knows i know where i want to be taken in NY in case of an emergency, and it's not my local hospital ER.

clearly, in your case, there was a serious malpractice situation.

one major problem, though, as i see it, is that most people have a double-standard when it comes to the medical profession. on the one hand, they want their doctors to be perfect machines, inhuman in their ability to diagnose and treat every possible symptom. and on the other hand, they criticize doctors for being inhumane, unfeeling, and greedy. doctors are, after all, human, and they are going to make mistakes. i don't know one doctor who hasn't, and who doesn't think about his or her mistakes every day. once upon a time, doctors were nearly gods in the minds of most people, and now most people can't stand them. imho, the truth lies somewhere in the middle--both those extremes are bad.

but of course, none of that really has to do with your situation. it sounds like your case was really unforgivable.