A South Carolina surgeon wants the American Medical Association to tell doctors they can refuse to treat trial lawyers in nonemergency cases. Dr. J. Chris Hawk, an AMA delegate from Charleston, S.C., recently introduced a resolution arguing efforts to reform the medical malpractice system have stalled. Hawk instead offers a different, more confrontational approach. According to his proposal, the AMA should tell doctors they can ethically refuse to care for plaintiffs’ attorneys and their spouses except in emergency cases or when required by law.
Posted by Editor at June 8, 2004 02:24 PM