From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 15:47:05 MST
Not sure that a managed-care "safety net" would have helped here.
Overworked is overworked. Vide 120-hour hospital resident "days".
But they say it buiilds character and shakes out the weaklings...
<http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,425201,00.html>
The bright spot:
"...in the wake of this tragedy, they have received high marks
for their conduct since the accident. Duke is doing all the
right things — both legally and ethically, says Schochor.
'They're analyzing their internal protocol to insure against
future errors, and they're accepting responsibility for what
happened, which is something we don't often see in cases like this.'"
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