‘Grotesque’ or life-saving drama at the Capitol?

[CottonBear]

(Delay is absolutely insane. I'm going to file complaints about Dr. Frist and Dr. Weldon with their medical boards.):

‘Grotesque’ or life-saving drama at the Capitol?
Extraordinary Sunday session raises political questions

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Rep. Rush Holt, D- N.J., who decried Sunday’s session as “grotesque,” took a shot at Rep. Dave Weldon, R- Fla., and at Frist, both of whom are doctors, neither of whom has examined Schiavo, but both of whom have expressed their opinion that Schiavo is not in a persistent vegetative state.

“They question the medical testimony,” Holt huffed. “I wouldn’t presume to say what state medical licensing boards should do with such doctors, but I can tell you most Americans would not want to go to those doctors if that is the way they practice medicine.”

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D- Fla., who opposed the Schiavo bill, blasted GOP leaders as “particularly hypocritical” because they extol the sanctity of marriage and yet “insert themselves in between a husband and a wife.”

When a reporter queried House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Saturday about that point, he replied, “The sanctity of life overshadows the sanctity of marriage. I don’t know what transpired between Terri and her husband. All I know is Terri is alive…. Unless she has specifically written instructions in her hand, with her signature, I don’t care what her husband says.”

more...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7243574/

[POAS]

1. Can you say,

INSANITY?

[CottonBear]

4. I am beyond words at this point.

My conservative mom (abortion is a personal decision but she is against gay marriage on moral grounds) is totally apalled at what they are doing to this woman. Of course, she was trained as a physical therapist and my dad was a surgeon and we had to take him off of life suppport after a stroke DESTROYED his brain. Damn

The Republican base must be as dumb as a box of rocks. Mean too.

[bridgit]

2. frist & weldon gave 'full & complete' medical opinions...

having watched video taped exchanges with terry; supporting hmo tactics & primacy in denial of treatment routinely, as no doubt they do, that may be acceptable. but if they want to be doctors they should go be doctors and leave we the people the hell alone.

i'll go get a second, formal, full & complete medical opinion thank you.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. These charlatans

should have their medical licenses revoked.

Making a diagnosis based on a video tape is a serious disregard for proper medical practice.

[CottonBear]

7. Check out this article I found earlier today in a online medical zine

I e-mailed a link to this along with a note from me to both Howard Dean and Barbara Boxer.

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Physician loses license over expert testimony
A lawyer worries increased scrutiny from medical boards may deter other doctors from being expert witnesses.
By Damon Adams, AMNews staff. Aug. 19, 2002.


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A state medical board's decision to revoke a neurosurgeon's license over expert witness testimony has renewed concerns about what doctors say when they take the stand in that role.

The North Carolina Medical Board in July revoked the license of Gary Lustgarten, MD, a Florida neurosurgeon who testified for a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case in North Carolina. The board found that Dr. Lustgarten engaged in unprofessional conduct by misstating facts and the appropriate standard of care in North Carolina. Dr. Lustgarten said he did nothing wrong.

Some attorneys and doctors said the North Carolina board's action may signal a stepped up interest in expert witness testimony by medical boards. And a North Carolina attorney said the board's move may keep physicians from testifying.

"If I was a doctor and somebody called me up to be an expert witness, I'd say, 'I'm sorry. I'm busy,' " said Clifford Britt, a trial attorney in North Carolina who mostly handles medical malpractice cases. "I don't know why anyone would risk losing their license over a medical board disagreeing with his medical opinion."

http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2002/08/19/prsc0819.ht...


This is an interesting sentance: "The board found that Dr. Lustgarten engaged in unprofessional conduct by misstating facts and the appropriate standard of care in North Carolina."
Frist and all of the other Republicans who spoke for the law, spoke untruths about Terri's condition and level of care and slandered the husband by accusing him of being in it for the money.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Exact;y, this is why the DEMS

or liberal activists should take this to AMA.

Frist should lose his license over this.

[bridgit]

9. oh lord, not florida AGAIN!!!

frist? accusing someone of being 'in it for the money'? family owner of a leading hmo conglomerate? now that requires disassociation of the 1st order...

:silly: :freak:

[life_during_wartim]

3. This is all a distraction.

For some reason, the Bush cartel needs to stuff the papers with headlines right now, and this is as good as any soap opera.

[CottonBear]

5. Distracts from the non-coverage of the war & SS protests.

Unless they keep the base whipped up into a frenzy with this kind of crap, some real news might seep into their sorry brains.