The doctors are being accused of losing concentration while they interacted, and argued with, the audience:
The investigation panel said it cannot be denied that the operation was planned and managed with “show-like elements,” noting that the hospital picked an operation with a high mortality rate.The panel also said the chief surgeon might have been distracted because viewers were free to ask questions and argue during the surgery.
Doctors at the remote site voiced objections concerning the methods of the chief surgeon, who argued back while carrying out the operation.
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The panel said the hospital was also not entirely honest with the patient before obtaining his informed consent to undergo the televised operation.
For example, a doctor who was not the chief surgeon told the patient that the average mortality rate of the operation in Japan was only 5 percent, even though the actual figure was 19 percent.
I’d call that a big “oops.”
Do people in Japan not have a lawsuit-happy socieity like the states? This kind of televised media would never happen in the USA due to legal concerns.
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