http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/should-insurers-cover-organtransplants.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:50:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/should-insurers-cover-organtransplants.html/comment-page-1#comment-82411 Michael Rack, MD Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/should-insurers-cover-organ-transplants.html#comment-82411 "Do no harm" is not the ethical principle involved here (unless you consider the procedure experimental and possibly harmful). From wikipedia: "Nonmaleficence is distinguished from beneficence by doing no harm -- it does not imply an act toward the good" “Do no harm” is not the ethical principle involved here (unless you consider the procedure experimental and possibly harmful). From wikipedia: “Nonmaleficence is distinguished from beneficence by doing no harm — it does not imply an act toward the good”

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/should-insurers-cover-organtransplants.html/comment-page-1#comment-82402 Criminallopath Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:56:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/should-insurers-cover-organ-transplants.html#comment-82402 Insurers make no claim to "do no harm." Others do that instead. Perhaps they should be questioned in regards to why they did not waive their customary fees and "do no harm" in this case. Insurers make no claim to “do no harm.” Others do that instead. Perhaps they should be questioned in regards to why they did not waive their customary fees and “do no harm” in this case.

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