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To: E who wrote (15716)	6/27/2002 12:10:17 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

By handing you those papers, the doctor is discussing a later possible suit with you and telling you you won't win it. Actually, the papers you sign at the doctor are not releases of liability for future malpractice. The doctor couldn't legally get you to release that if she tried. Rather, the papers are usually informed consent forms, which basically say that you give the doctor permission to poke and probe and treat you. Otherwise you could claim that the doctor never had permission to do stuff to you, which in the old days was the basis for a few assault and battery claims.