Comments on: More on unintended consequences

By: over my med body! » Humbling Medicine

over my med body! » Humbling Medicine — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:58:36 +0000

[...] is always correct and is master of the human body is doomed to fail and do harm. I tie it back to this great quote from MedRants about unintended consequences: The law of unintended consequences is what happens when a simple [...]

By: Phillip

Phillip — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:13:57 +0000

Another example of the law of unintended consequences, once again from our friends over at the New York Times, this time regarding clean-burning biofuels and efforts to slow global warming.

By: Dr. Bob FP

Dr. Bob FP — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:14:19 +0000

Great entry on the unintended consequences of requiring interpretation services. What happens in my community is that when people call & the receptionist suspects they can’t speak English well, is that these clinics just say they are closed to new patients. My clinic is the biggest Medicaid provider in the region. We don’t routinely schedule interpreters and just try to get by with family members & friends. While this isn’t technically the best way to do things and may be illegal, we have no choice. If we provided interpretation services for all our patients we would go bankrupt. Then where would all these patients get their care? You just gotta love unfunded mandates!