- “Survey: Most Docs Sued for Malpractice” [John Commins, Health Leader on Medscape survey] “The Missing Link in Lavern’s Law” (New York) [Peter A. Kolbert and Andrew S. Kaufman, New York Law Journal]
- Prescription spirits: why many physicians prospered so mightily during Prohibition [Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura]
- Third Circuit greenlights consumer financial injury class action claiming eyedrop container dispenses eyedrops that are too big [Beck and McConnell on Alcon suit; see also earlier Posner on Allergan case]
- AI in health care, spot the legal issues: “For the First Time, a Robot Passed a Medical Licensing Exam” [in China; Dom Galeon, Futurism]
- “Why FDA regulations limiting e-cigarette marketing may cost lives and violate the Constitution” [Jonathan Adler; related, Jacob Sullum, earlier here, etc.] Anti-vaping crusade represents broader scandal of public health [John Tierney, City Journal]
- Off-label prescribing offers a window on a world with much less FDA regulation, and overall it’s an attractive one [Alex Tabarrok]
Filed under: FDA, medical malpractice, pharmaceuticals, public health, tobacco
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“Survey: Most Docs Sued for Malpractice”
Let the reader of statistics beware. More accurately stated title: A slight majority (55%) of voluntary respondents to a survey that does not purport to reach out to a representative sample of all physicians self report having one or more malpractice experiences. But we have not really defined what a malpractice case constitutes in the first place (named and dropped, not named but deposed as witness, named and saw case through to settlement or judgement, etc.)
When it comes to the e-cigarette regulations I have to wonder how much the tobacco settlement is driving it?