The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been running a series of articles on medical malpractice in Wisconsin. You can find part 1 here: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=711582 and part 2 here: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=711730.
Reading these articles makes me wonder if some of the problems between doctors and patients and lawyers would be resolved by greater transparency in the medical profession. I'm not just talking about disclosing errors, but teaching the public about the medical profession, about what it takes to be licensed and what we can expect of physicians and other medical professionals. What is an error, what is negligence, what is a mistake. What are the acceptable outcomes for a given treatment? Greater transparency and greater understanding would be a foundation for greater trust between patients and physicians and between physicians and the public. And it would be easier than the defensiveness generated by malpractice lawsuits.
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