Somehow, I doubt this is as neat as a Venn diagram in real life! Many feel that juries are particularly ill equipped to deal with complex technical cases like this, particularly if they lack scientific training and do not understand the context of the question asked of them.
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Replying to @JeremyNewman33
This was conduct based though. There was no science.
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Replying to @JackHarrison
And that pretty much sums at the problem. Statistical choices are morally neutral. In science it’s not wrong to make the wrong choice for the right reasons.
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Replying to @JeremyNewman33
Her mind blowing incompetence causally led to a child’s death. That’s not morally neutral.
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Replying to @JackHarrison
Causation in medicine is usually based on temporal events and a dose response relationship. She made very few mistakes it was the resuscitation error that set this off. The child was sadly killed by a terrifying infection called Group A streptococcus that has very high mortality.
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Replying to @JeremyNewman33
You are always subject to the legal test. Were you not made aware of this when you did medicine?
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Replying to @JackHarrison
No. This level of doctor persecution has only really come to the fore in the last 5y. It wasn’t a thing before clever lawyers started exploiting grief reactions for pecuniary gain. No other country is following this legal path, even the Americans are alarmed!
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Replying to @JeremyNewman33
1. Bolam was in the 50’s, Bolitho was in 1996. 2. You’re a doctor you should know the value of experts. They are chosen for their expertise at the coal face. I’m surprised at what you are saying.
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Replying to @JackHarrison
Not true. This is now widely being debated and it may become increasingly difficult to find experts though I suppose everyone has a price... Almost no one understand Montgomery by the way!
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Replying to @JeremyNewman33
Lawyers understand it... plus Montgomery mirrors what the GMC guidance since the 80’s said. It shouldn’t have come as a shock. Experts also have a duty to the court.
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John Clarke Retweeted John Clarke
Doctors understand Montgomery just fine. Well... how to get around it, anyway. Easiest thing in the world to just add whatever risks one may have 'forgotten' to mention, if you can hang in to the patient's copy of the consent form 85% of the time.https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/601118759995187201?s=21 …
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