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Arrogance, Abuse, Fraud, and Medical Malpractice: How Some Physicians Beg for Lawsuits

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Wounding from Biopsy and Breast cancer progression, Ritsky etal, The Lancet, Vol 357, March 31, 2001

HOW SCIENTIFIC ARE ORTHODOX CANCER TREATMENTS? , by Walter Last

8. Top 10 Reasons to Be Glad You Have Breast Cancer , by   PJ Hamel
Monday, May 7, 2007

Breast Cancer Sells , by Lucinda Marshall , AlterNet . Posted October 24, 2007 .

9. Are Med Students Practicing on You? , By: Suz Redfearn, Mens Heatlh10.

VA uses unsupervised residents and other practices that would not be accepted elsewhere By JOAN MAZZOLINI, THE PLAIN DEALER Cleveland, Ohio Sunday, January 28, 2001

11. Not Rape, but Still Not Right: Hospitals Should Get Clearer
Consent Before Med Students Probe Anesthetized Women,
Evan Schulz, LEGAL TIMES, Mar. 17, 2003, 54;

Also see, Using tort law to secure patient dignity , by
JOHN DUNCAN
Independent
ROBIN FRETWELL WILSON
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
DAN LUGINBILL
Ness, Jett & Tanner, LLC
MATTHEW RICHARDSON
Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, PA

U of Maryland Legal Studies Paper No. 2004-24

Training Intrusive and Needs Patient Consent, Activists Say , WASH. POST, May 10,
2003, at A1; Darin L. Passer, Medical Students Respect Their Patients, THE STATE,
July 19, 2003

Having obstetric/gynecological surgery anytime soon at one of the hundreds of teaching hospitals around the country? , by Melissa Waters, Concurring Opinions, July 24, 2007

12. V.A. Malpractice info website.

13. Don't Ask, Don't Tell: A Change in Medical Student Attitudes After Obstetrics/Gynecology Clerkships Toward Seeking Consent for Pelvic Examinations on an Anesthetized Patient, Peter Ubel 188 AM. J. OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY 575 (2003).

14.
Informed consent in public hospitals, by SP Kalantri, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Oct - Dec 2000 15. “Nearly half of doctors in a recent survey admit to witnessing a serious medical error but not reporting it.” How Professional Is Your Doctor? , Tara Parker Pope, The New York Times, December 3, 2007,

16. V.A. Malpractice info website.

17. Rape Nation , By Kari Lydersen, for AlterNet , July 2, 2004 .

18. Gregoire pledges to reform health-care licensing , by Michael J. Berens , Seattle Times staff reporter April 30, 200619.

The Problem of Health Care Fraud , National Health Care Anti Fraud Association 20. Phoenix Doctor's Picture Taking Latest Sad Tale of Medical Malpractice , |by Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Public Citizen Releases Database With Names of 1,112 "Questionable Doctors" in Pennsylvania , Oct. 29, 2003

The story of Dr. John York and the Calif. Board of Medical Quality Assurance , by Al Schallau

Bad doctors get slapped on the wrist , by Janet Kornblum, USA Today, Aug, 30, 2006 21. NON-CONSENSUAL PELVIC EXAMINATIONS , By: John Kasprak, Senior Attorney, ORL Research Report, June 22, 2004

22. First State Law in Nation Protecting Women From Unauthorized Pelvic Exams Takes Effect January 1st , Office of Assemblywoman Sally J. Lieber, Dec 19, 2003

23. Pelvic exams on unconscious women? More hospitals say no ,  A.P. March 11, 2003

Using tort law to secure patient dignity: often used as teaching tools for medical students, unauthorized pelvic exams erode patient rights. Litigation can reinstate them. , Duncan, John ; Luginbill, Dan ; Richardson, Matthew ; Wilson, Robin Fretwell , Trial , OCT 1, 2004 24. Medical-malpractice battle gets personal , By Laura Parker, USA TODAY, June 13, 2004

Also see, How Malpractice Suits Keep My Profession Honest , by Bernard Sussman, Washington Post, April 24, 2005; Page B02

Doctors Take the Offensive. More-Aggressive Tack Used to Cut Frivolous Malpractice Claims , By RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL March 23, 2004

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