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"Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: There is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness."
George Santayana, Skepticism and Animal Faith, IX
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What to do when confronted by lawbreaking officials? Thy Brother's Keeper In Brunswick, Georgia (1984) an obstetrician consulting in the ER sent a (non-emergent) pregnant lawyer 80 miles north to Savannah for routine prenatal care: She had sued an obstetrician from a rival group. She had sued 'my brother.' Herein lies the state of our Social Contract. Res Ipsa Loquitur. Go boldly only where doctors have been treated well. The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. S. Biko Can the public be protected without immunity? Can physicians be protected with it? Whistleblowers are unprotected. Avoid having to beome one by choosing a practice with no restrictive covenant, clear financial incentive, and proximity to a second acceptable practice...just in case.
Government medicine has bedded down with corporate medicine whenever Tri-Care is involved. Because your government signed contracts with For-Profit HMO's, it sired Enron Medicine , an offspring accountable largely to accountants and stockholders, but, alas, not to patients. The Social Contract and 'Blood Money' |
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