Brain surgeon Henry Marsh defends the consultant who left his initials on a patient's liverhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/15/doctor-signed-patients-livers-law-courts …
And you published it. Extraordinary. I thought better of your organisation for health coverage. This is beyond disappointing.
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Isn't it important to know how somebody in the profession views it, even if you disagree with his conclusion?
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From a personal perspective, I think there is danger in offering a platform for views which attempt to diminish the lawful right to informed consent. Esp by a publication so widely read in the medical community. Protecting consent is hard enough already. >https://twitter.com/shaunlintern/status/600735704101031936 …
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I don't think HM is attempting to diminish the right to consent. He tries to explain why a surgeon might have acted in this way but notes the man was silly
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"The surgeon who signed patients’ livers was silly, not criminal. The law is an ass" > That's your headline. And you don't think this in any way attempts to diminish the legal right to consent? Really?? I do.
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