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Because if you shoot your gun out a window, and hit someone who has flung themselves off the roof, you’re still guilty of murder. If a doctor prescribes someth
by falcolas 5y ago
Because if you shoot your gun out a window, and hit someone who has flung themselves off the roof, you’re still guilty of murder.
If a doctor prescribes something without a reasonable (proven would be nice) expectation of a positive effect on the patient, and the patient dies, the doctor is at a minimum a target for a malpractice lawsuit, and at most liable for murder charges.
- epicureanideal 5y ago"I cannot because of the law" is a very different answer than "I will not, because I expect it not to work". Also, there have been court cases recently where courts have ordered doctors to give alternative treatments, so it seems that the legal liability problem does not cover all cases.