Comments on: The very model of a modern legislature http://PassOpenRecords.Org/2007/07/23/book-ends/ A Movement to Lift the Lid on Pennsylvania Government Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:56:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jenn http://PassOpenRecords.Org/2007/07/23/book-ends/#comment-109 Jenn Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:38:27 +0000 http://PassOpenRecords.Org/2007/07/23/book-ends/#comment-109 So once we get open records from the government, is someone going to go after the healthcare community? I think it is ridiculous that people are expected to entrust their lives to Dr.s without knowing what the Dr's rate of complications for the proceedure is, or without knowing if there have been disciplinary actions against the Dr. Beyond that, I think that every person undergoing a surgical proceedure should be entitled to have a witness present (who is allowed to record the event if desired) for the ENTIRE process--because we all know that the white coat wall of silence goes up if anything goes wrong during a surgery. Too many people die in this country at the hands of Drs, and while I realize that some mistakes are inevitable--Dr's really aren't going to work on change until they are held accountable. So once we get open records from the government, is someone going to go after the healthcare community? I think it is ridiculous that people are expected to entrust their lives to Dr.s without knowing what the Dr’s rate of complications for the proceedure is, or without knowing if there have been disciplinary actions against the Dr.

Beyond that, I think that every person undergoing a surgical proceedure should be entitled to have a witness present (who is allowed to record the event if desired) for the ENTIRE process–because we all know that the white coat wall of silence goes up if anything goes wrong during a surgery. Too many people die in this country at the hands of Drs, and while I realize that some mistakes are inevitable–Dr’s really aren’t going to work on change until they are held accountable.

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