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That doesn't sound reasonable at all. That theory hinges on the idea that doctors would prioritize getting organs over actually saving people's lives, which wou
by eridius 10y ago
That doesn't sound reasonable at all. That theory hinges on the idea that doctors would prioritize getting organs over actually saving people's lives, which would be a truly horrific violation of the hippocratic oath.
- frozenport 10y agoI wonder if rendering expensive emergency aid rather than harvesting organs is significantly more profitable in the short term?
- not_ed_snow 10y agoI see it just as an acknowledgement that I might not want there to be any possible cross-purposes of incentives in my own health. Doctor's don't need to consciously change their behavior for there to be a difference in care. It's just that incentives are like really awesomely powerful things.
- prodigal_erik 10y agoI don't actually see anything in the Oath that requires prioritizing your own patient to the detriment of any number of other sick people.
- eridius 10y agoPerhaps a better way to say it is that it would be a very serious ethical violation.