AMA Chief Warns Liability System Threatens Medical Practice
Dr. Malcolm C. Todd of Long Beach, AMA president, told a medico legal symposium that the current liability system endangers life saving procedures and could criminalize physicians. He urged joint insurer coverage, workers compensation style reforms, and legal changes to reduce unjust blame while protecting patients.
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ABA leader cites malpractice crisis worsened by premiums
In Las Vegas ABA President James D Fellers warns malpractice suits rise with feverish momentum. He says providers face sky high insurance costs and may pull back on patient care and medical education. An ABA 15 member commission will study how lawyers can help maintain affordable competent medical service.
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Hospitals rethink second trimester abortions after Edelin case
Doctors in New York and across the United States debate policy changes after Dr. Kenneth Edelin’s manslaughter conviction in a fetal death following a legal abortion. Many centers limit or pause second trimester cases, citing risk and legal uncertainty while first trimester access remains wider.
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Hard Work Found To Cut Heart Death Risk
A 22 year study of 6351 San Francisco Bay area longshoremen links high physical activity at work to lower coronary death rates. The interval findings show high activity workers have about half the death rate of low activity workers, even after accounting for smoking hypertension and prior heart disease. The report notes benefit against sudden death syndrome after massive heart attacks.
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Court rules hospital can't oust patient
A private hospital lost the first round in its bid to evict 21 year old coma patient Ronda Seaman. Dade Circuit Judge Francis Christie refused summary judgement in the trespass suit and said a jury will decide if she can be evicted from Doctors' Hospital in Miami following a June 1973 automobile crash.
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