Posted by stjames on June 8, 2001, at 1:12:19
In reply to Re: Don't try this at home!(SmithKline/Paxil suit) » kazoo, posted by judy1 on June 7, 2001, at 23:46:12
That they let this one go to jury surprised me.
James here....
I suspect Smith feels this one in bogas and they can win it. In truth, all that link from kazoo said was man takes AD, then shoots person. Not a whole lot of facts. I can't take one side or the other till I have seen some transcripts and commentary. Otherwise it just sturs people up.
Sad but true, I no longer think a "jury of peers"
is in many cases unable to make the right choice, hince OJ.One of the early Prozac cases that made sensational headlines and had everyone worked up.
The press never mentioned the outcome. The patient
withheld a history of significant mental illness, in patient treatment, and sucide attempts from the doc and through the trial till the other side
produced documents to these facts.I do not think a settlement proves anything. One often settles to avoid costs and press. Liability insurance often requires an org to settle.
I do not think we can hold pdocs responsible for not being able to read minds. Given the usual HMO allowed short consult, how can they tell if the patient is not telling the truth or has more serious issues that they will not speak about ?
I am not relesaing pdoc from all responsibility here but dxing and treating mental illness is a science based almost totally on what the patient says, and is at such more art than science.James
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