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- From: kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran)
- Subject: Re: Sexual Harassment (was Re: Simon you're no ...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.031330.3649@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec20.021358.18235@rotag.mi.org> <1992Dec25.200245.13638@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Dec28.012457.16643@rotag.mi.org>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 03:13:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.012457.16643@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec25.200245.13638@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec20.021358.18235@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >>
- >>[Where's that chainsaw...]
- >>
- >>>Not really. They could opt to just run the risk of a lawsuit. The point here
- >>>is that Cochran has thrown his support behind a "legal restriction" that
- >>>doesn't exist right now. Above, you even admit that persons OTHER than the
- >>>patient, can sign the consent forms, but Cochran made no such qualification
- >>>when he announced his "legal restriction". Above, you seem to admit that
- >>>while the consent forms may "feel" [sic] like a statutory requirement, that
- >>>they may not in fact be a statutory requirement. Unless you have a rabbit to
- >>>pull out of your hat now, I think it's time to admit that no such "legal
- >>>restriction" exists.
- >>
- >>Wrong again, Kebbin. I had six teeth pulled a couple of months ago. They
- >>wouldn't do the surgery until I had signed the form. Obviously, if I was
- >>under the age of consent, my legal guardians would have to sign.
- >
- >Was this a statutory requirement, or just something the insurance company
- >(yours and/or your dentist's) required?
-
- I don't have the foggiest idea, Kebbin. I know that when I went in for the
- surgery, they said, "We won't do anything until you read and sign this
- disclaimer". Now, I'm assuming that in the "RealWorld[tm]" I can't sue
- a doctor for refusing to perform the operation...
-
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