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We offer an entertaining look at some of the big issues in history by examining public apologies of the famous and infamous. We’re looking at politicians, serial killers, actors, and you! Send us an apology you would like to make and we’ll read it on the podcast and give you the chance to redeem yourself or just get some guilt off your shoulders. We’re here for you, once a week, maybe more if you are really, really sorry.
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Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Doctors: Sorry Isn’t Bad Anymore
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Newsflash: doctors are people and they have feelings. Sometimes they make mistakes and feel bad about the errors and apologize. In some States, those apologies are admissible in court as evidence. California recently passed a law that allows doctors to express human feelings of regret and to say things like "I'm sorry that your mother died because I forgot to sew her back up and all her organs fell out when she stood up," and their expression of regret is not considered evidence. The doctor could even say "I'm sorry that your mother died because I forgot to sew her back up and all her organs fell out when she stood up - see I used all the surgical thread to sew a button on my ski suit and I'm pretty bad at sewing so probably I shouldn't be stitching people back up anyway so..." and it still won't count against them in a court of law.
Doctors are traditionally discouraged from expressing regret, even sympathy, for fear of being sued. Malpractice is big business in the US and thoughts of poverty frighten people with $500,000 in student loans to pay back. Are these laws helping or hurting Big Medicine? Stanford claims to have the answer, but it's Stanford so really the truth is anyone's guess.
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