Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoid poor mortality ratings

Re:Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoid poor ... by smnrchrds on Sunday April 22, 2018 @03:04AM (#16895062)

I am pretty sure that the parent was referring to the fact that this article is about heart surgeries. Bad heart is used in the same manner as a bad knee or a bad tooth. It refers to the patient not the doctor.

But aside from that, I completely disagree with your comment. The approach you are defending, even if legal, is completely unethical and immoral. It should be something we chastise, not condone.

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Re:Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoid poor ... by mjfl on Sunday April 22, 2018 @03:34AM (#16895140)

Well I think you're an idiot. There's only one viable "approach", determined by the laws of probability I described above. You can try to shame people into doing actions that would ultimately get them fired and sued, but you're only going to look like a self-righteous asshole and nothing will happen.

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Re:Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoid poor ... by jlebar on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:19AM (#16895247)

Hey, this is a little too ad hom...

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Re:Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoid poor ... by mjfl on Sunday April 22, 2018 @07:50AM (#16895777)

Sorry. Touches a nerve with me when people moralize what they do not understand.

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