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I can see how that could reflect poorly on the hospital, but it's less obvious to me that it reflects poorly on the doctors. Unless you expect the doctors to ha
by maxlybbert 12y ago
I can see how that could reflect poorly on the hospital, but it's less obvious to me that it reflects poorly on the doctors. Unless you expect the doctors to have refused to staff the emergency room until the camera crews left.
- justin66 12y agoI think the doctors could have killed this scheme well before it came to whatever kind of standoff in the ER you're envisioning, and yes, they certainly should have. But they wanted to get paid. In any case, it doesn't take an enormous amount of moral courage to say "there is no possible way this person or his family has consented to being filmed so I'm taking the microphone off and you are taking your cameras out of the room."
- classicsnoot 12y agoYou are clearly unfamiliar with the nature of the relationship between doctors and the Hospital companies that employ them. They have little to no say in anything that happens on the grounds, and with typically high student loan debt and 'the resign' as their only real resort, they cannot make whiteknight stands on emotional bases.
- justin66 12y agoCan we drop the "white knight" terminology? Doing something ethical doesn't make someone a mythological figure, it means they're living up to their moral obligations. I'm sure a resident might have reasons to be intimidated. I'm sure there was also an attending physician.