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- From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Hippocratic Oath
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 10:07:40 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- I wrote:
- >> It is not clear to me how the Hippocratic Oath applies to this
- >> circumstance.
-
- In article <7146.466.uupcb@travel.com> carl.camurca@travel.com (Carl Camurca) writes:
- > Isn't it, that the doctor must do all reasonable to save the patients
- > life? The doctor is a servant, first!
-
- You might convince me if the surgery in the circumstances
- described was needed to save the patient's life and if it was
- still the case that the surgeon concerned was a reasonable person
- to perform it. Nothing in the original post suggested the
- *reasons* the surgeon backed out. HIV infection *is* a medical
- complication. Too often, people entering these discussion write
- as if it should be treated otherwise.
-
- >> ... Regardless, Carl Camurca's suggestion that a
- >> doctor can be sued on its basis is pretty silly.
-
- > ... I didn't know, there were things in the US where you could
- > _not be sued for.
-
- True, one can bring suit on any grounds. But to prevail is a
- far different matter.
-
- Russell
-