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Re:“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones... by Analemma_ on Friday November 04, 2016 @12:47PM (#12873950)

There is a theory that organ donors get worse medical attention and have higher mortality rates in hospitals. From what I've seen it doesn't hold up well against the evidence, but it's still within the bounds of what I'd call "reasonable disagreement".

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Re:“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones... by carbocation on Friday November 04, 2016 @04:21PM (#12875741)

We're generally unaware of someone's donor status. I agree that unconscious bias would be a concern (directionality unclear) if that were not true.

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Re:“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones... by eridius on Friday November 04, 2016 @02:42PM (#12874864)

That doesn't sound reasonable at all. That theory hinges on the idea that doctors would prioritize getting organs over actually saving people's lives, which would be a truly horrific violation of the hippocratic oath.

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Re:“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones... by not_ed_snow on Friday November 04, 2016 @04:04PM (#12875606)

I see it just as an acknowledgement that I might not want there to be any possible cross-purposes of incentives in my own health.

Doctor's don't need to consciously change their behavior for there to be a difference in care. It's just that incentives are like really awesomely powerful things.

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Re:“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones... by prodigal_erik on Saturday November 05, 2016 @03:12PM (#12881359)

I don't actually see anything in the Oath that requires prioritizing your own patient to the detriment of any number of other sick people.

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Re:“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones... by eridius on Sunday November 06, 2016 @01:57AM (#12883760)

Perhaps a better way to say it is that it would be a very serious ethical violation.

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Re:“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones... by frozenport on Friday November 04, 2016 @03:26PM (#12875250)

I wonder if rendering expensive emergency aid rather than harvesting organs is significantly more profitable in the short term?

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