Luck (or being unlucky) sometimes plays a role in medicine, as DB points out. Lawyers usually use this fact to their advantage:
Of course, malpractice lawyers do not believe in luck. As an obstetrician told me yesterday, a bad infant outcome is always blamed on the obstetrician, while most bad outcomes really represent bad fortune.









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