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I don't think doctors mean to make mistakes, but they end up making them, just by not being prepared, or only because they are in training, not knowing exactly how to treat a patient with the right tools and equipment.

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I think it depends on the situation. If they are not able to do a procedure and they have already started they should have looked more into the situation and they should be more careful. Doctors go to school so they don't make to many mistakes. They should know what they are doing and they are professionally trained to do well. I think doctors should be responsible for their mistakes because the doctors put the patients life in risk.

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everyone makes mistakes, why should doctors be punished more than anyone else?-anonymous

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everyone makes mistakes, why should doctors be punished more than anyone else?-anonymous

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Yes, doctors should be blamed for there mistakes because they should know what they are doing. If they don't then why would they be out of medical school!?! The point is, doctors don't know what they are doing.

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Doctors do make mistakes, but sometimes it's not always the doctors fault though. Maybe a machine or tool they're usinbreaks. They could also be tired from working all night. Sometimes doctors do mistakes, and it's their fault. Every person makes mistakes. So it's their fault bet yet not. Doctors could be losing their jobs. Making mistakes are alright, but you still don't want to make mistakes when someones life is on the line.

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Doctors should

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After reading an article, I say that doctors nesscarliy shouldnt be punished because they try their best to do what they can. If they make a miistake, they will tell their boss what they did. If they didnt do something, they wont tell anyone what they did.

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everyone makes mistakes it is a given no one is perfict plus if they do then they will be held responseble bucause itis elgal

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Docters are not legally respnsible for all of their actions/mistakes.

If the mistake caused harm and the patient can somehow prove that the

docter made the mistake.

If the patient has evidence and printed files, they could get suwed for making a

mistake. http://www.educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/responsibility-doctors-mistakes

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Punishing doctors for medical errors is ineffective and hospitals should only do so under clear cases of negligence, according to a former healthcare executive's letter to the editor published in the New York Times.

"People in the medical field are well intentioned and feel great distress when they harm patients," wrote Paul Levy, former chief executive of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. "Let's reserve punishment for clear cases of negligence."

Levy related an anecdote in which an orthopedic surgeon accidentally operated on a patients' left ankle instead of her right. Upon realizing his mistake, the surgeon reported it to his superiors. When a trustee asked how the hospital planned to punish the surgeon, Levy said it would not punish him as punitive measures do nothing to decrease "inadvertent" errors not caused by negligence.

Instead of focusing on punishing the surgeon, Levy said, hospital leaders devoted their efforts to improving their care delivery system to prevent similar mistakes in the future.

Furthermore, Levy wrote, punishing mistakes works against a hospital's attempts to create an environment in which clinicians report errors and near-misses. This kind of mistake, Levy wrote, "should be used to reinforce a learning environment in which we are hard on the problems rather than hard on the people."

Levy is not the only person against overly punitive measures for physicians. Jonathan H. Burroughs, M.D., CEO of Burroughs Healthcare Consulting Network in Glen, N.H, argued against hospitals being quick to suspend physicians for problems with their performance in a February Hospital Impact blog post. Suspension "should, with rare and egregious exception, be unnecessary the vast majority of the time," Burroughs wrote. Instead, he recommended improving physician performance by measuring it and providing feedback.

"Most reasonable individuals will improve so they are not perceived as a negative outlier by their peers, as professional respect is important to most," he wrote.

However, an August investigation by USA Today indicated treating physician errors too lightly can have deadly consequences. Between 2001 and 2011, 6,000 doctors had clinical privileges restricted or revoked, but less than half of them were fined or had their licenses threatened, FierceHealthcare previously reported.

To learn more:
- read Levy's letter

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Should hospitals punish docs for medical errors?

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Punishing doctors for medical errors is ineffective and hospitals should only do so under clear cases of negligence, according to a former healthcare executive's letter to the editor published in the New York Times. "People in the medical field are well intentioned and feel great distress when they harm patients," wrote Paul Levy, former chief executive of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

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I believe that if doctors are purposefully trying to ruin something then they should be held responsible but if it is truly a mistake then they should not be held responsible. Although the doctor has responsibilities so if he was drinking the night before or if he had not washed his hand before surgery then he can be held accountable as he has responsibilities as a doctor.

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Should Doctors be responsible for their mistakes?...Yes!

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Should Doctors be responsible for their mistakes?...Yes!

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I think that doctors should be respnsible for their mistakes

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as long as the mistake made could have been prevented.

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if the doctor does something that they hold full responsibility for they can be,

but if they are given the responsibility of discovering a medical mystery, they are given

a large responsibility of something that may be impossible.

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It depends on the situation. Sometimes doctors just aren't prepared for the situation with the right tools and equipment. Other times, they really do make mistakes, like in the OR, maybe if they cut an insision in the wrong place on the body.

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Docters make mistakes because they are only human.

I would say docters are responsible for there actions because they are the one operating on someone and it would not be the company's fault.

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They need to be well rested, and need to learn to

do thing the right way. If not they didnt get sleep

and mess up the operation then that person could

be paralyzed for life or even worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZMH7_cw0Us

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Doctors can be legally responsible if they make a mistake and the patient proves that the mistake caused harm.

http://www.educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/responsibility-doctors-mistakes

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liberty,

doctors go through training and schools just so they DON'T MAKE MISTAKES!!!

Their mistakes affect peoples LIVES possibly even cause DEATH TO A PERSON i

am not saying doctors have to be perfect, just mistakes that can KILL PEOPLE are

NOT MISTAKES YOU SHOULDN'T MAKE

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1. Yes because if they damage or do a wrong step to a patient they could die and if they die it is the doctors fault for making that mistake

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No because we are humans and women stay up late watching 8 years worth Gilmore Girls. Also men have other things to do like bid on He-Man merchandise on E-Bay and WATCHING SPOOORRRRTSS. 

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No because we are humans and women stay up late watching 8 years worth Gilmore Girls. Also men have other things to do like bid on He-Man merchandise on E-Bay and WATCHING SPOOORRRRTSS. 

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from Parker Shaw 6.0 TELL SOMEBODY!!!!

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I think doctors should be responsible for their mistakes because as becoming doctors they know that everything is on there shoulders... If he makes a wrong incision to their patients during surgery they could kill them. Or if like the Anesthesiologist doesn't give enough anesthesia the patient could wake up and have a heart attack. If a doctor is a new-be then he should not do any big tasks like surgery or treat someone with a serious health problem, if they do and mess up then it could harm the person badly.

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I believe that doctors do make mistakes because they can give you a wrong prescription, then you don't get better, then you can DIE!!!!!!!!!You can die because if you have ebola and they made a cure, but your doctor gave you the wrong prescription , then you will die!Im not just saying for ebola, it can be just for the flu. Doctors may also mess up on somebody's back surgery , and that can lead to major back pain.Then the doctor could get sued, and they will get fired, because they messed somebody's back up! Some doctors may be an under cover spy on a mission to find out who stole the gems! If the spy MUST do a surgery because the other real doctors thinks he is a real doctor, he would probably end up killing up the person, and that would be BAD! That probably would never happen, but I'm just saying.The point I'm trying to get to you is that every doctor makes mistakes, and it is something and average human does.

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I think that doctors make mistakes and they don't make mistakes most of the time. It is a fact that ten to fifteen percent of doctors make mistakes that is a one tenth chance of a mistake being made that is pretty slim but it is still possible. if a doctor makes a mistake is made so be it twice then we can talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUbfRzxNy20

- Alex Khorey