Comments on: Death during a "live" surgery http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/death-during-live-surgery.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/death-during-live-surgery.html#comment-75849 Anonymous Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/death-during-a-live-surgery.html#comment-75849 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. 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.

]]> By: KipEsquirehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/death-during-live-surgery.html#comment-75839 KipEsquire Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/death-during-a-live-surgery.html#comment-75839 <i>The panel said the hospital was also not entirely honest with the patient before obtaining his informed consent to undergo the televised operation. <br/><br/>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><br/><br/>I'd call that a big "oops." 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.”

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