SilencedBuying SilenceHealthcare either coerces or buys silence whenever things go wrong. That should be illegal, but until it is including in any settlement agreement a positive line declaring the victim's right to speak about issues that may or may not have been brought up in the course of the case, issues that may or may not include crime in medicine, patient safety, sex abuse, and such like, is one thing that can help reduce the extent to which victims are silenced. Society needs RememberersThe community needs victims of adverse events to avoid letting gag orders be included in papers that are signed. Gag orders are routine and expected. The patient's own attorney will be used to including them without argument and recommend signing them. But that demolishes the responsibility that patients have to each other. When you know there are snakes in the field, you have a responsibility to tell the other people who are walking through the grass. Even if you are not allowed to name specific snakes, the community must hear the victim's experience, including the lessons learned from trying to get justice and/or suing or being sued afterwards. Otherwise the community will not develop the vocabulary and understanding necessary to protect itself. Witnesses and rememberers are fundamental
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