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What if my doctor wants to cut my hand off by I refuse it?

by jhasse 9y ago

mcny 9y ago
So the original premise was scenario 1: > Doctor: undergo my recommended treatment or you will die > Patient: no scenario2: > Patient: Doctor, please chop off one of my hands for no good reason > Doctor: no lets add a scenario 3: > Doctor: I need to chop off your hand within the next hour or you will die > Patient: no What do you think the doctor should do?
- jhasse 9y ago
  scenario 4: > Doctor: I need to chop off your hand for no good reason > Patient: no
- emodendroket 9y ago
  The doctor should not cut off the hand, in your scenario. A more realistic scenario is probably DNR orders, which doctors do honor.
  - testvox 9y ago
    Doctors often do not honor DNR orders because there is no penalty for disobeying them while they can face severe penalties for failing to save someone's life if their DNR order is invalid for some reason.
    - emodendroket 9y ago
      According to an article I found [0], a doctor may at least theoretically be subject to legal penalties for disregarding a DNR. > Wrongful life. Theoretically, if a patient is resuscitated in the OR against the patient's wishes, a “wrongful, life” lawsuit could be filed. Under this suit, a patient could request compensation for ensuing expenses for continued life, negligence, and battery. An Ohio appellate court reviewed a case in which a patient was resuscitated after a DNR order was documented on his chart.12 Although the court in this particular case rejected the wrongful life theory, it did uphold the possibility that battery and negligence had occurred. This case has made it certain that the advance directive is an important component of a patient's chart. [0] Evelyn Eckberg RN: The Continuing Ethical Dilemma of the Do-Not-Resuscitate Order http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/S0001-2092(06)62642-2/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/S0001-2092(06)626...
      - testvox 9y ago
        Yeah in theory their could be penalties, but in practice no court wants to discourage doctors from saving people's lives.

What if my doctor wants to cut my hand off by I refuse it?

by jhasse 9y ago

What if my doctor wants to cut my hand off by I refuse it?

mcny 9y ago

So the original premise was scenario 1: > Doctor: undergo my recommended treatment or you will die > Patient: no scenario2: > Patient: Doctor, please chop off one of my hands for no good reason > Doctor: no lets add a scenario 3: > Doctor: I need to chop off your hand within the next hour or you will die > Patient: no What do you think the doctor should do?

jhasse 9y ago
scenario 4: > Doctor: I need to chop off your hand for no good reason > Patient: no
emodendroket 9y ago
The doctor should not cut off the hand, in your scenario. A more realistic scenario is probably DNR orders, which doctors do honor.
- testvox 9y ago
  Doctors often do not honor DNR orders because there is no penalty for disobeying them while they can face severe penalties for failing to save someone's life if their DNR order is invalid for some reason.
  - emodendroket 9y ago
    According to an article I found [0], a doctor may at least theoretically be subject to legal penalties for disregarding a DNR. > Wrongful life. Theoretically, if a patient is resuscitated in the OR against the patient's wishes, a “wrongful, life” lawsuit could be filed. Under this suit, a patient could request compensation for ensuing expenses for continued life, negligence, and battery. An Ohio appellate court reviewed a case in which a patient was resuscitated after a DNR order was documented on his chart.12 Although the court in this particular case rejected the wrongful life theory, it did uphold the possibility that battery and negligence had occurred. This case has made it certain that the advance directive is an important component of a patient's chart. [0] Evelyn Eckberg RN: The Continuing Ethical Dilemma of the Do-Not-Resuscitate Order http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/S0001-2092(06)62642-2/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/S0001-2092(06)626...
    - testvox 9y ago
      Yeah in theory their could be penalties, but in practice no court wants to discourage doctors from saving people's lives.