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Byline: Wendy Ruderman
Aug. 11--Victims of bad medical treatment may soon find it harder to figure out what happened to them.
Lawmakers in Trenton are planning to introduce legislation that would prevent victims from getting internal hospital documents that detail doctors' errors. Such documents can be critically important to victims, because they can help build a court case.
The legislation is part of a package of bills aimed at reducing the skyrocketing cost of medical malpractice insurance. But patient advocates and lawyers argue the bill will add another layer of secrecy to a culture that already borders on the clandestine.
Doctors ...