Originally Posted by Crack'n'fail

This might sound a little off topic, but I hope you understand where I'm going with this:

My mother died from Cervical Cancer at the age of 49. It had been treated and gone into remission but her doctor misread her (don't know how to spell this) papsmear and missed it coming back. By the time they caught it the next time around it had advanced so badly that it took her life. My uncle is a lawyer and immediately wanted my father to take it to court. Apparently we stood to make a fortune. My father refused. He said that it would do nothing but bring us more grief and raise the cost of healthcare for everyone else. Besides, he said, it's not going to bring her back and that's the loss we have to deal with now. Why make doctors afraid to make mistakes and push the cost of healthcare even farther out of reach for some people?

My father got the bigger picture. He's my hero.