Comments on: Get your forced rectal coverage here http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/get-your-forced-rectal-coverage-here.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: john hall, MD, JDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/get-your-forced-rectal-coverage-here.html#comment-83657 john hall, MD, JD Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/get-your-forced-rectal-coverage-here.html#comment-83657 I generally agree with Kevin (which is why there's a link on my site to his). But not this time. There may be more facts to justify the physician behavior or the suit. But based on what was revealed in the NYT the case is not frivolous and the physicians were frankly wrong. Other or new facts may change my opinion.<br/><br/>You don't have to be normal to be competent. You don't even have to be well-informed to refuse.<br/><br/>John at http://aegis1.wordpress.com/ I generally agree with Kevin (which is why there’s a link on my site to his). But not this time. There may be more facts to justify the physician behavior or the suit. But based on what was revealed in the NYT the case is not frivolous and the physicians were frankly wrong. Other or new facts may change my opinion.

You don’t have to be normal to be competent. You don’t even have to be well-informed to refuse.

John at http://aegis1.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/get-your-forced-rectal-coverage-here.html#comment-82949 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:24:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/get-your-forced-rectal-coverage-here.html#comment-82949 "Which is why having physicians communicate to the public why we do the things we do is important. . ."<br/><br/>Unfortunately Kevin, some of the posts in the thread that appear to be by doctors communicate an assumption of arrogance and absolute authority over all who enter their realm rather than professional respect and appreciation for the trust that people put in us. They are of course the minority but some readers are going to take the name calling and flat dismissal of contrary opinions as indicative of the norm of the profession. Every family has some who are best kept in the back room when company comes. “Which is why having physicians communicate to the public why we do the things we do is important. . .”

Unfortunately Kevin, some of the posts in the thread that appear to be by doctors communicate an assumption of arrogance and absolute authority over all who enter their realm rather than professional respect and appreciation for the trust that people put in us. They are of course the minority but some readers are going to take the name calling and flat dismissal of contrary opinions as indicative of the norm of the profession. Every family has some who are best kept in the back room when company comes.

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