THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE JOURNAL

The Medical Malpractice Journal was compiled, written and is published by the Victim's Justice Center, Inc.  The purpose of the book is to document the problem of medical malpractice and why consumers are not being protected.

The Victim's Justice Center initially published the book with the intention of distributing it to media, policymakers and survivors to heighten awareness of the problem.  This has become a slow process due to the expense.

The Medical Malpractice Journal contains victim stories, factsheets, recommendations and many "blowoff" letters from those who are entrusted with the responsibility of protecting consumers. Many excerpts from the Journal can be found on this web site and are marked as such.

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Table of Contents


VICTIMS BEAR WITNESS

Children First?
Robbie Rollins - An Indiana Failure To Protect  . . . . . . . . 1
Shawna Scott - How Many Docs Did It Take To Misdiagnose? 44!  . 10
Seth Speken - The Closed Order Book  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
Chelse - Fertility of a Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Factsheet: Medical Malpractice  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Determining The Value of Life
Dennis Shank - Beware: Living Wills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Velma Williams - Futile Fight For Life?.  . . . . . . . . . . . 27
William Ground - Autopsy Denied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lloyd Gregory -  Life Support Denied  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Jennie Zour - Value of Life Decision? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tort Reform & Medical Malpractice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Free Training Material?
Robert Lanier - Not One But TWO Unnecessary Brain Surgeries . . 40
Elizabeth LaBozetta - "This product tested on humans" . . . . . 45
Silencing The Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Margaret Kemp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Factsheet: Women & Medical Malpractice  . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Jean Godbout  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Laura Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARM'S Letter to Indiana Governor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PEOPLE OF COLOR & INDIANA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE . . . . . . . . . 68
FROM THE FRONTLINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
IN SEARCH OF ACCOUNTABILITY  . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
"NOT MY JOB"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
PUTTING DOCTORS FIRST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
DENIAL AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
PLEA FOR INTEGRITY AND FAIRNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 

RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Justice & Me by Debra Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
OTHER VICTIMS RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143