UK justice. Wonder how their malpractice laws are set up?
A friend who happens to be a doctor, told me about hip replacements in the elderly and a young doctor with integrity. Here's the story.
There are several type of hip replacement equipment. Some of it is guaranteed for 30 years, some for 15. Doctors in this city were putting the much more expensive 30 year equipment in 90 year old nursing home patients and raking in the cash. The young doctor with integrity was laughed at for years until he gave in and joined the rip off doctors.
That's it? I can't believe he got away with it. What he did is quite serious and could be called terrorism. A doctor is quite powerful as there is significant asymmetry of information in the industry. There is a lot of room for doctors to perform unnecessary procedures and charge the person when the patient thinks that insurance will pay for the procedure. To violate that trust is quite scary.
A friend who happens to be a doctor, told me about hip replacements in the elderly and a young doctor with integrity. Here's the story.
There are several type of hip replacement equipment. Some of it is guaranteed for 30 years, some for 15. Doctors in this city were putting the much more expensive 30 year equipment in 90 year old nursing home patients and raking in the cash. The young doctor with integrity was laughed at for years until he gave in and joined the rip off doctors.
That's it? I can't believe he got away with it. What he did is quite serious and could be called terrorism. A doctor is quite powerful as there is significant asymmetry of information in the industry. There is a lot of room for doctors to perform unnecessary procedures and charge the person when the patient thinks that insurance will pay for the procedure. To violate that trust is quite scary.