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- From: carl.camurca@travel.com (Carl Camurca)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Hippocratic Oath (was: C
- Message-ID: <7146.466.uupcb@travel.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 18:02:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Travel Online / St. Louis Online - St. Louis, MO
- Reply-To: carl.camurca@travel.com (Carl Camurca)
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- RT>Subject: Hippocratic Oath (was: Can't Touch This)
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- RT>It is not clear to me how the Hippocratic Oath applies to this
- RT>circumstance.
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- Isn't it, that the doctor must do all reasonable to save the patients
- life? The doctor is a servant, first!
-
- RT> Regardless, Carl Camurca's suggestion that a
- RT>doctor can be sued on its basis is pretty silly.
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- Oooh, doesn't work this time? I didn't know, there were things in the US
- where you could _not be sued for (g).
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- RT> o The law does not bind physicians to the Hippocratic Oath.
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- How about conscience or ethics?
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- RT> o Given that the traditional Hippocratic Oath is given to
- RT> some Greek gods, it is not clear to me how a physician
- RT> who is not pagan would morally view it.
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- Don't wiggle out of the duty to serve the people as doctor! Give the
- Oath to whatever is holy for you, but I think a doctor should give the
- Oath.
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- RT> o Not all of its admonitions are broadly approved by people
- RT> today.
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- This is open to discussion.
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- RT>> Angry, Carl.
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- RT>And silly. What a combination.
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- Not silly, I refuse that. But ignorant and willing to learn.
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- RT>Russell
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- greetinx, Carl.
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- * OLX 2.1 TD * Support medical examiners .. die strangely
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