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Lack of Empathy Triggers Suit Against Surgeon
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English - February 03, 2011 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine patient safety medmal medical malpractice error informed consent liability colorectal Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The patient and his wife felt that the surgeon was not forthcoming with an explanation of what happened and seemed indifferent to the impact on his patient, following conversion to an open procedure and large blood loss.