Re: NY Times Magazine Article on Pain Manamenent Drs.
- From: doon <bdoon51@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:10:50 -0700
On Jun 17, 9:34 pm, lhamo55 <lham...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazine/17pain-t.html?_r=1&oref=sl...
Refreshingly well researched, balanced (and therefore sympathetic to
the chronic pain patient), this article actually educates as well as
reports. She also manages to take a nonjudgemental even as she
describes the drug seekers - to my mind the mark of a good reporter
who keep her or his personal opinions off the page.
The jurist's comment was quite telling - no amount of expert witness
testimony would have likely overcome individual feelings about a
relative's perceived or actual abuse of medication and that bit of
human nature is one of the things that can make the jury system a crap
shoot. Not everyone has the emotional maturity to set aside personal
feelings.
Having just finished a personal injury court case after being run over
by a car three years ago and having a jury of 8 drivers declare I was
80% responsible in a state where the pedestrian doesn't have the right
of way (the driver pulled out of a parking lot without stopping looked
at the direction of traffic but not in my direction and turned right
into me as I was crossing the lot) I have learned the hard way about
how juries think.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the article -
best wishes,
renee in AZ
A well researched and unbiased perspective but the title of the story
would certainly frighten my physician. What an archaic medical system
we have and the controvery about pain meds is only one of many
problems. Reminds me of all the controversy about 25 years ago when
malpractice lawsuits started to get more common and insurance rates
went way up....anything involving physicians is always spectacular
because they are viewed as the highest level of professionals second
only to the angels and God.Lord knows how many docs would really like
to do more for their patients but have legal fears...probably quite a
few. If you are a patient who is prescribed pain medication these
developments are surely frightening. These Federal investigators and
prosecutors remind me of that prosecutor in the Duke Lacrosse rape
case. Either their sense of righteousness is way out of control or
they are trying to fast-track themselves on the career path. We put
good physicians in prison but allow child molestors to leave prison
and they go out and murder or rape. We deny the terminally ill the
right to die but permit tobacco companies to kill hundreds of
thousands. Guilty murderers escape the death penalty but innocent
children get the death penalty thru abortion. Land of the free, home
of the brave.
.
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- NY Times Magazine Article on Pain Manamenent Drs.
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- NY Times Magazine Article on Pain Manamenent Drs.
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