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Why medical malpractice suits feel like punishing grief

I want to sue the hospital for my father's wrongful death, but the doctor who made the mistake cried when she apologized and seems genuinely destroyed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Seeking systemic accountability can require inflicting individual punishment on people who are already suffering.

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