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Responses to recent healthcare crises show that doctors can achieve advocacy goals

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, May 19th, 2006

When problems in the healthcare system threaten doctors' ability to practice medicine and patients' access to needed treatments, surgeons can play an important role as advocates for political solutions, according to a series of special articles in a recent issue of SURGERY.

The articles highlight some recent healthcare crises and the effective advocacy response by surgeons and physicians, focusing on patient education as the key to political change.

Dr. George E. McGee and coauthors review the medical liability crisis in Mississippi during the late 1990s, prompted by multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in malpractice cases. Most companies...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2006-05-19)

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