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Re: episiotomy and shoulder dystocia wasits effects on perineal body/ From: Robert J. Woolley (wooll005@gold.tc.umn.edu) Sun Apr 27 22:09:20 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Freedmcrys: "Re: 63 year old mom" Previous message: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Mastodynia" In message <199704280248.VAA31403@talk.obgyn.net> writes: > > I may be old fashioned, traditional, unwise, uneducated, and many other > things, but I don't think unethical is one of them. I doubt that it *generally* characterizes you. But probably most of us do some individual unethical things from time to time. I know I do. (E.g., writing for a larger daily dose of a med than the patient is actually getting so he can get more for one month's co-pay.) I suspect that many > of us do things that we might not do if we didn't have the background > fear, however small and remote, of any imperfection leading to > malpractice litigation. If you are saying that you agree that the practice you described was wrong, I'm with you. Injuring a patient for your own perceived good (which is exactly what you described) is unethical by any standards I know of. I will continue to point out unethical behavior when I see it, whether those guilty of it like me pointing it out or not. And doing unnecessary surgery with potential significant risks to the patient, when you honestly believe it is doing her no good, well that's just plain wrong. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Woolley -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Paul, Minnesota "The strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." Daniel Webster Next message: Freedmcrys: "Re: 63 year old mom" Previous message: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Mastodynia"

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