Volume 25 - Number 12 | September 2008
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| Fed Court Confirms It: Peer-Review Participants Are Immune By Janice G. Inman The Fifth Circuit decision in Poliner v. Texas Health Systems has put another damper on the hopes of unhappy peer-reviewed medical professionals who want to seek monetary damages for their real or perceived injuries. On the other hand, the decision has eased the minds of those who must step up to ensure the quality of medical care, even when it means taking away some or all of a colleague’s privileges. |
| Are Juries Fair to Physicians? By Linda S. Crawford Given how large the awards are when there is a verdict against a physician, many in the medical profession and their defense teams have come to believe that juries are random and unfair. The conventional wisdom seems to be that judge-made decisions are a safer bet for med-mal defendants. Is this true? |
| Revised PhRMA Code Provides a New Roadmap By Debra Sydnor Providing physicians with up-to-date, accurate information about the medicines they prescribe clearly improves patient care and advances health care in general. Nonetheless, the public health need for informed and educated HCPs may, at times, create tension with the pharmaceutical industry’s perceived drive for profits. |
| Drug & Device News The latest news in this important area. |
| Med Mal News The latest news of importance to you and your practice. |
| Movers & Shakers Who's doing what; who's going where. |
| Verdicts Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice. |
