Medical Records
An expert witness in the healthcare profession has come across the following quotes from actual medical records dictated by physicians. For you MDs, excuse me!
*By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling better.
*Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
*The patient has no past history of suicides.
*The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.
*Patient was becoming more demented with urinary frequency.
*The patient’s past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40-pound weight gain in the past three days.
*She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.
*The patient left the hospital feeling much better except for her original complaints.
*The patient refused an autopsy.
