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Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 7 Mar 1999 09:33:00 -0500
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>They told my nephew that they missed the
>diagnosis of post partum psychosis because after all "it was only a
>miscarriage."  The doctors have expressed that they deeply regret their error.

I was so impressed with their ability to admit a mistake and apologize for
it that I read this aloud to my husband.  He said, "They're military
doctors, right?  *They* can't be sued."

What a tragedy that we have litigated any possibility of compassionate
apology right out of our medical system.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY

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