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"Six
of my cases were brought up for review by a tissue committee controlled by competitors.
A nurse (sic), employed by the
Saint Francis Hospital, testified
that I had the highest rate of complication. Why such testimony was admitted
is a matter of some interest, in itself. Liability for bearing false witness is an important related matter, in itself, and
falls under the topic of immunity. Under our gracious new laws, I would not be able to win $500,000 today were a nurse
again caught committing libel." Verner S. Waite M.D., FACS, Downey, California
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| Dr. Waite at ACS in ~1983. |
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| Dr. Waite at Mott House |
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The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of
1986 permits any hospital board to ignore due process as stated in the Constitution; the United
States Supreme Court has twice refused to rule in this matter (SHALLER, POLINER). Without due process, medical
practice is unsafe for patient and doctor. Doctors can lose their career-investment before paying
back their career-loans: The risk of choosing MD over JD or MBA is too great. The
doctor-shortage is predicted to reach 200,000 by 2020.
"Our
government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime
is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy." Louis Brandeis, United
States Supreme Court
"The failure to change
and improve the current system will continue to result in the loss of qualified and skilled physicians from their profession
due to others who maliciously pervert the current peer review process for their own selfish motives." Hall
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