tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post8541810598225802952..comments2023-10-30T02:03:47.513-07:00Comments on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look: Psychiatrist Gives Herpes to PatientsCL Psychhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13990549972520745769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post-33960541353551436642007-10-05T11:05:00.000-07:002007-10-05T11:05:00.000-07:002.) Leader says board getting tougher on bad doct...2.) Leader says board getting tougher on bad doctors<BR/>Critics call testing, other plans a diversion, not steps to progress<BR/>Author: DOUG J. SWANSON Staff Writer <BR/>Publish Date: October 30, 2002<BR/>Word Count: 1428<BR/>Document ID: 0F704D7FEFA7B019<BR/>Ace Pickens was cursing, which may be the surest sign yet that the state has begun to change the way it punishes wayward doctors.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Pickens, the legendary go-to lawyer for Texas physicians in trouble, has for years kept his clients in business despite allegations of serious medical misbehavior.<BR/><BR/>Under Mr. Pickens' guidance, even a doctor who pleaded no contest to hiring a hit man to kill a patient was able to keep his medical practice open.<BR/><BR/>But this month<BR/><BR/> ยป Purchase this article<BR/><BR/>Note "tougher" and not "tough."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post-36849392378764055202007-10-05T08:26:00.000-07:002007-10-05T08:26:00.000-07:00It was in the Dallas Morning News a few years ago....It was in the Dallas Morning News a few years ago. Things got <B>so</B> bad that the Morning-News, with the blessing of the power-brokers behind it, ran a series on Texas' medical licensing, or what passed for it.<BR/><BR/>If I recall correctly, my memory is some dim, just about every doctor in hot water went to the same lawyer who represented them in front of the state board, and somehow or other had a cosy relation$hip with lawmakers, perhaps through intermediaries. There were entire years in which not a single doctor in the entire State of Texas was found unfit to practice medicine. The only real oversight of medicine as practiced in Texas were the trial lawyers.<BR/><BR/>This may also have been why TMAP was made in Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post-51982970324670406342007-10-04T16:09:00.000-07:002007-10-04T16:09:00.000-07:00Interesting! Do you have a link to the story?Interesting! Do you have a link to the story?CL Psychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990549972520745769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post-6296367131558665272007-10-04T15:25:00.000-07:002007-10-04T15:25:00.000-07:00In Texas a doc who offered a cop $10,000 to whack ...In Texas a doc who offered a cop $10,000 to whack a bothersome patient was able to keep his license, as there was "little risk" of recidivism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post-27545032981337112162007-10-04T14:32:00.000-07:002007-10-04T14:32:00.000-07:00Beyond pathetic. 1.5 months suspension for each p...Beyond pathetic. 1.5 months suspension for each patient with whom he had inappropriate sexual relations and to whom transmitted herpes. <BR/><BR/>Makes you wonder what a doctor would have to do to lose a license permanently.CL Psychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990549972520745769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post-20663761164561460822007-10-04T13:27:00.000-07:002007-10-04T13:27:00.000-07:00Wow, three months suspension for abusing 2 patient...Wow, three months suspension for abusing 2 patients. That's pathetic. I'm sure that harsh sentence will encourage other women to step forward and report sexual misconduct. <BR/><BR/>~LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com