By Evan Falchuk
Doctors have a right to be mad about medical malpractice claims against them.
Is there a creative solution to this mess in an old tenet of nuclear deterrence? What if doctors aggressively went after patients who sued them, and pre-emptively warned them about even complaining on the internet about their experience?
On the surface it sounds attractive. The doctor lets his patients know the rules of the game: I do my best, and you agree that if things don’t work out, you won’t turn on me. But a closer look reveals how destructive it is.
