How medical malpractice lawsuits are silencing good doctors
In Gerald Green’s The Last Angry Man, Dr. Samuel Abelman is a general practitioner in the twilight of a career that spans fifty years of commitment to patients.
The time is the 1950s, and the place is Brooklyn, NY. The problem is the proliferation of medical specialties.
Although most of his colleagues regard specialization as a greater good because it promises better-trained physicians, Dr. Abelman sees specialization as antithetical to his …