Re:Surgeon admits to branding initials on patients' livers
by ramblerman on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:56AM
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Except this isn't how we make decisions in our society. What if he hits a kid with his car, should we let him off the hook there too because 'he is needed by society'
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Re:Surgeon admits to branding initials on patients' livers
by overlordalex on Monday December 18, 2017 @03:30AM
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Although, this does happen[1]:
> Oxford student given suspended sentence for stabbing boyfriend
> Judge had reportedly earlier told Lavinia Woodward a prison term could damage her prospects of becoming a heart surgeon
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/sep/25/oxford-student-l...
Re:Surgeon admits to branding initials on patients' livers
by drops on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:59AM
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You're comparing a victimless "crime" with injuring someone. That doesn't make any sense.
Re:Surgeon admits to branding initials on patients' livers
by ramblerman on Monday December 18, 2017 @03:08AM
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If it's important to the analogy then lets say we caught him driving super drunk but he hadn't hurt anyone yet. Should we let him off the hook?
Re:Surgeon admits to branding initials on patients' livers
by DanBC on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:52AM
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That's a poor analogy, because people driving super drunk have the potential to cause very great harm.
If we're sticking to car analogies he wrote his name in the dirt on the back of a truck, but the dirt was abrasive and so he also scratched his initials into the paint.
Re:Surgeon admits to branding initials on patients' livers
by ramblerman on Monday December 18, 2017 @10:44AM
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So he didn't increase the risk to the patient in any way, however small?
That is, a patient who gets signed upon and one who doesn't following the exact same procedure for the rest are at an identical risk?