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- From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)
- Subject: Re: Hippocratic Oath
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:22:54 GMT
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- In article <lh20ecINNj8m@peaches.cs.utexas.edu> turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes:
- >
- >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.
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- Extremely good point. If I remember right, the surgery was elective.
- HIV infection makes it riskier than it would otherwise be. It's quite
- possible that on balance, with HIV infection factored in, the benefits
- no longer outweighed the risks.
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