Originally Posted by
Bionicycle
Pesky Hippocratic oath anyway... How dare poor people that don't have insurance want medical treatment at an emergency room.
You should know if anyone does that the poor go to emergency rooms because they can't be denied treatment, and if they can't pay their bill, there are assistance programs in place for them. If they tried to go to a primary care Doctor they could be turned away for lack of insurance, or funds to pay, so many don't have a primary care Doctor. If you wish to blame someone, don't blame the poor, blame the system that has created this situation.
No blame implied. Your comments are factually accurate. It's not the correct setting to debate the nuances.
Hey, I think the system blows. I'm not here to defend it. I just hate to see inaccurate stuff tossed here as if it were Gospel.
As far as the Hippocratic oath is concerned....have you ever read the original version? Please do. You'll find it interesting. Google it and enjoy.
My medical school never ever discussed the Hippocratic Oath, much less make us take it. Feel free to speculate why that was. I don't know.
Did you know that the Stark provisions rendered about a third of the Hippocratic Oath illegal? I didn't think you did.
The Hippocratic Oath expressedly forbids in unequivocal terms both abortion and physician-assisted suicide. Were you aware of that? What do you think of that?
BTW, I adhere to the Oath. Instead of swearing upon the ancient Greek gods I swear upon the ancient Hebrew one.
Again, I suspect that most people who rage on about we we "don't adhere to the oath" have no idea what the oath says.
Feel free to prove me wrong.
PS I just scanned the Wikipedia comments on the oath and it looks pretty reasonable. Give a read and discuss.