Does the current Healthcare Reform legislation include allowing Doctors to say "I'm Sorry"?

[amdt57]

No, that's purely voluntary.

[stanciyf]

As in "I'm sorry, your likely going to die. The Government hasn't authorized the operation......

[giulio]

Don't know. Do malpractice carriers allow doctors to say, "I'm sorry?" lol I would bet not--might even be malpractice to say it.

We live in a terribly litigious society, but I have found, even as an attorney, that when you deal with your clients like humans and you allow them to view you as a caring human, you don't live in fear of law-suits, you just try hard to not make mistakes (because you care about people--unfortunately, this is a whole other kind of liability that I won't speak of here). I have agreed with that study since I first became aware of it, several years ago.

[hussein]

The last few sentences are amusing because the malpractice lawyers sue EVERYONE: all docs, the nurses...you name it. Right or wrong is irrelevant. The lawyers are going after the biggest meal ticket, NOT the most negligent case. That drives the lopsided statistics. Please read the Department of Health and Human Services report on tort reform: no doctors, no lawyers, as unbiased as you will see. To answer your question, as long as we have to hide every little mistake, we will continue to protect each other (which is bad). Without a fair system, there will never be transparency.