Monday, September 29.1975
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Legal, medical training proposed
Bv ALISON GWINN
Staff Writer
Hospital in-house training programs to inform physicians of changes in the law and medicine should be mandatory. Lee J. Kuehn, director of the KU Medical Center, said Thursday.
The KU School of Medicine is the only state-supported medical school in the country that requires two courses in legal medicine, Dunn said.
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"The whole idea is that you can't teach them all they need to know, but you have to make them aware of the legal problems there." The police give them a collection of little red flags. "
Last week, a special legislative committee studying state mla practice problems recommended that a committee staff study what could be done to make hospital staffs more comfortable with the need to and to strengthen internal procedures of hospitals to prevent mla practice suits.
DUNN SAID in-house training programs would be similar to continuing education at
the hospital level so the physician would know for example, whether he needed parental consent for an operation or what he should do with a religious objector.
The Med Center has recently had an in- house program for pediatric concerns concerning children.
Under Kansas law, a physician can't be sued for suggesting that a child patient might have been the subject of child abuse, he said.
Dunn cited Massachusetts General Hospital's patient advocacy program, in which any patient with a complaint can immediately call it to in a patient advocate.
RECAUSE MOST physicians don't know the legal rights of, for example, a 16-year-old child who is admitted with a broken arm, he said, they are hesitant to suggest possible child abuse, and abuse cases go unmodified.
He said the patient might complain,
"The nurse was curt," I don't like the food,
"The doctor didn't explain my condition to me clearly."
Dunn said that the clinic's house staff is required to work with patients of alternative methods of medical care.
Dunn also cited the hospital programs of the Cleveland Clinic, which said hadn't injured anyone.
The proposed legislation says that claims must be filed no later than the sixth birth date.
ALTHOUGH SUCH suits are limited in number, he said that a patient could theoretically use for anything that occurred after the child's birth for up to twenty years.
This insistence on the clinic's part is effective because it doesn't leave the cure "up to the whim or ego of the individual doctor," he said.
Dunn said he agreed with the committee's recommendation for legislation that would place limits on the period during which a child was allowed to pursueurities that occurred at the birth of a child.
Dunn also said he agreed with the proposed legislation that asks that a limit of four years be placed on claims for malpractice, with the four year period
However, he said he didn't think the four-year limit would have much effect on the number of palmractice suits filed, because a single file suit will in four years anyway.
beginning when the supposed incident occurred and an additional two years to file
ONLY CASES in which the discovery of the injury is postponed, for example when a patient receives an overdose of radiation or when an instrument is left inside a patient during an operation are exceptions to that tendency, he said.
Satellite union proposal approved
A report proposing the construction of a satellite student union and substantial physical and operational changes in the Kansas Union was accepted unanimously Saturday morning at a meeting of the Memorial Corporation Board.
Whether the committee's suggestions are implemented depends upon action by the corporation board. The board also has the right to alter the recommendations.
The report, the result of a year-long study by the corporation's Committee on Purpose and Long-Range Development (CLRPD), recommended construction of a 25,000 square foot dining unit. Plans include space for sales, lounging and studying.
A combination of student fees and money from the University of Kansas or fees from users would be used to finance the project if committee's recommendations are followed.
Also recommended in the report were provisions to expand office space for the Student Senate, SUA and facilities to serve temporary student organizations.
Five CIPLR sub-committees researched seven areas of Union services and operations to make their recommendations. These committees tables and plans to put them into effect.
The board also passed an amendment to the committee's report. The amendment specified that the board examifies the groups using the Union's facilities to determine whether their use could endanger the Union's tax exempt status.
Mike Carr, alumni member of the board,
said that when the union offered services to
non University groups at costs lower than what private businesses could offer, it can reduce the cost.
Warner Ferguson, associate director of the Union, said yesterday that the kind of people who should use the Union had been discussed before Saturday's amendment.
Dunn said he disagreed with the committee's proposal to place a limit on competition to be awarded in malpractice contests with the requirement required to approve the fees as reasonable.
"When the topic is investigated, he said,
'really don't think we'll find anything at all.'
Burge said he thought the results of the investigation wouldn't indicate that the Union could lose its tax-exempt status. However, he said, it was good to be cautious. The institution would record the University's concern and maintain the Union's present status.
The remaining reservations are made by educational departments for university related events, and continuing education short courses.
The Union's policy in this matter hasn't
congruent or seem to be consistent with
and that the Government has no complains or are
allowed to complain.
According to Frank Burge, Union director, all reservations are for events with some tangible relationship to the University.
"We have been extremely cautious for over two decades," he said. "Student organizations are the primary users. They resist any threats to 1000 reservations we reserve every year."
The board also approved two amendments to the SUA constitution.
One amendment changed the number of
Lawrence politicians say poll results questionable
Prominent Lawrence Republicans and Democrats agreed that the latest George Gallup Poll showing the Republican party had severely slipped in national popularity couldn't be accepted without clarification.
According to George Gallup, prospects for the Republicans increasing in number don't look good. The poll said that if people had to declare themselves either Democrats or Republicans that the Democrats would hold a 32 preference edge.
The poll said that 21 per cent of today's voting age population identified themselves as Republicans, the party's lowest level in 35 years. Meanwhile, 35 per cent, a record number, underrated themselves independents. Forty九 per cent said they were Democrats.
State Sen. Arden Booth, R-Lawrence, said yesterday that the results of the Gallpoll坏 won't significant as far as determining the success of the Democratic system.
Booth said that the results of the poll applied nationally and not specifically in the states. He noted that Republican party's popularity was slipping made it more important for him to go directly to the people of Lawrence to see if they thought I didn't think that they would come to him first.
"Even though a person can consider himself an independent I think it's still up to you to find the right way to work for him through this party," Booth said. "I'm strictly a two-part man and I believe the more people you have taking an active part in the system the better things happen."
State Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, said that the Democrats should be too excited about holding a wider margin over the Republicans. He said that the southern
Democrats in particular might identify themselves as Democrats but history showed that they didn't necessarily vote Democratic.
"Also, I don't think that there is one stud,
to speak in, the Democratic party today
who could right now get all 44 per cent of the
vote." "I don't know," he said, that 44 per cent total can be misleading."
Zuther told SenEx about what was discussed at Thursday's meetings in Manhattan of the State Colleges Coordinating Council, compiling the faculty and student president from the six state-supported colleges and universities in Kansas.
"You can't tell from the poll who was interviewed, where they lived or what kind of mood they were in when they answered the questions," Buzi said. "Polls are indicators and they don't tell you anything else."
State Rep. Lloyd Buzzi, R-Lawrence, said that the poll's results were misleading. He said that some of the polls
Frank McDonald, who served as Douglas County Democratic party chairman for over 20 years, said that the Gallip Poll satisfied with the Ford administration.
board members from eight to the number
standing committees, which can fluctuate.
until the report is completed and then take
their conclusions, so seems proper concerning
its conclusions.
The other amendment clarified qualifications for board membership, removing a reference to a non-existent participant in an extracurricular activities.
According to Bengston, SUA board and committee members are chosen by interview and whether they are appointed is up to the interviewer's discretion.
The amendment specifies that board members and committee workers would be chosen with consideration of their ability to participate in extracurricular activities.
"I am categorically opposed to all limitations on contingency fees," he said. "I don't see why it's any business of the doctor to say what feeds the lawyer should receive."
He said the interviewers chose members based on the applicant's time commitments, interests and ability to carry out tasks of the post for which he applied.
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ZUTHER SAID LIABILITY insurance, beer sales in student unions and residency requirements for students were among the topics discussed.
Dunn said that the contingency fees system provided a screening mechanism to detect such an event.
Members added to hall of fame
Del Brinkman, dean of the School of Journalism, announced at editors' day ceremonies, that the school of journalism had received a $50,000 grant to establish a professional-in-residence program from the trunk E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation.
The new members of the hall of fame are Herbert A Meyer, J., editor of the Independence Reporter until his death in 1971 and Robert Tucker of journalism of Journalism, until his death in 1970.
Both men are ideal choices for the hall of fame, Calder M. Pickett, professor of journalism, said when he made the awards. He was one of the few editors who worked continually in the best interests of his community through his paper's stance on issues. Of Beth. Pickett it was a singular achievement for a faculty member named by professional editors to the hall.
The Gannett grant will fund the appointment of a journalist of high professional standing to the school's faculty for one year. The program, which is an extension of KU's editor-in-residence program, will begin Jan. 1, 1976.
The purpose of the journalist-in-residence appointment, Brinkman said, is to provide the school with a resource of current experience, to promote direct exchange of information and ideas between students, faculty members and the visiting scholars. The visiting scholars' journalism education can keep pace with changes in the newspaper industry.
Meyer and Beth join 39 other journalists in the Hall of Fame, which was established in 1931. Hall of Fame members are selected by Kansas editors.
A limitation on contingency fees would serve to prevent the poor person from ever filing a malpractice suit, he said, because that is the only way he could pay a lawyer.
Brinkman credited the high quality of the school's faculty for the foundation. Foundations required KU for his proposal.
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