RE: Can I be sued for saving someone's life? Yes I can
July 13, 2015 at 8:02 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2015 at 8:03 pm by Aractus.)
(July 12, 2015 at 10:45 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Imagine the following scenario:
I'm a doctor working at the ER and a patient comes in, his life is at stake and in desperate need of a blood transfusion.
When I'm about to order the nurses to start the whole procedure and perform the transfusion to save the patient's life, he proudly says "I'm a Jehovah's witness, I don't accept blood transfusions". He then faints and his life is slipping away.
Scared about the situation, but committed to fulfill my ethics of preserving and saving human lives at all cost, I still perform the transfusion, hoping that the person would regret later or at least I'll feel like a better person because I didn't allow someone to die in vain.
The patient wakes up, realizes his life has been wrongly saved, and acknowledges he's going to hell. He then sues me for doing my job. That's right, I am being used for saving someone's life, for following my ethics code and not allowing another human being to die.
Niceness aside, this is just idiotic. People have the right to be mad for getting their lives saved, but should a capable doctor be suspended, fire and ruin his career because a religionist decided he couldn't have his life? I find this very confusing.
Rubbish people have a right to request not to be treated for an illness, and doctors that perform operations against the wishes of their clients (or without their clients informed consent where getting the patients consent is practical) deserve to be sued. Do you think a 96 year old cancer patient should be forced to endure chemotherapy against his wishes too?
(July 12, 2015 at 10:45 pm)Dystopia Wrote: To think this actually happens is disturbing. But it gets worse, some people want their children to not have blood transfusions.
This isn't an argument as much as getting something off my chest because I find it sad and sick. How does society lead with this and people literally being sued for saving others' life?
That's a completely different matter. Parents who refuse life-saving treatments for their children can and do get criminally prosecuted.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
