Wrongful Birth Bill passes in Arizona

[AXOmom]

Yep - that's the article link I posted above that we've been discussing. Really interesting case.

Thank you AOP Angel for your response as well and for taking the time to answer my questions (numerous as they were -LOL). It definately helped me understand the situation a little more fully.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

Yep - that's the article link I posted above that we've been discussing. Really interesting case.

Thank you AOP Angel for your response as well and for taking the time to answer my questions (numerous as they were -LOL). It definately helped me understand the situation a little more fully.

No problem. Such a sad case. I admit I didn't fully read the article the first time I posted so I didn't see the intricacies of the case. I stopped after the findings of the jury. Very interesting case. Medical decision making can be very difficult and malpractice occurs even when everyone has the best intentions. Some of the things the jury found that I noted, however, was that there was poor communication between the lab and the physician. There may have been a different outcome had the lab communicated to the physician and the physician to the patient that the sample was too small thus limiting the results. This lack of communication gets so many practitioners in trouble in malpractice situations. We are all busy, but proper communication saves a lot of heartache, money and pain later. I spend a LOT of time calling referring physicians, speaking to patients and DOCUMENTING these conversations. Older physicians have a hard time understanding the importance of this concept.

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

No problem. Such a sad case. I admit I didn't fully read the article the first time I posted so I didn't see the intricacies of the case. I stopped after the findings of the jury. Very interesting case. Medical decision making can be very difficult and malpractice occurs even when everyone has the best intentions. Some of the things the jury found that I noted, however, was that there was poor communication between the lab and the physician. There may have been a different outcome had the lab communicated to the physician and the physician to the patient that the sample was too small thus limiting the results. This lack of communication gets so many practitioners in trouble in malpractice situations. We are all busy, but proper communication saves a lot of heartache, money and pain later. I spend a LOT of time calling referring physicians, speaking to patients and DOCUMENTING these conversations. Older physicians have a hard time understanding the importance of this concept.

This all reminds me that whenevery I have lab tests done in the future, I will ask questions. My doctor is getting up there - but even though I complain about her tendancy to go overboard on occassion (IMO) - I'm glad she's the double check everything, do tests twice if something comes up weird, and dig until you get to the bottom of it and figure it out type.

Agreed on the other point - sad case indeed.