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Hot Chilly
 Post subject: Ethics of the medical profession
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:34 am 
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Are doctors crossing the boundaries of ethical behavious nowadays? Some issues are not clear cut.
How do we know if doctors are doing the right thing?
Who determines the degree of breach in professional ethics?
Why should dispensing excessive drugs treated more seriously than injecting forbidden stem cells into patients?

A well known cosmetic surgeon to TV stars, Dr Martin Huang was was let off lightly with a $5,000 fine, peanuts compared to his fees for a minor procedure and consultation. The Singapore Medical Council disciplinary censured the doctor who pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for offering to inject patients with sheep foetal cells in 'anti-ageing' treatments.

Apparently, the authorities are not concerned as long as there are no complaints as nothing was done in the case of another doctor had his patients to Switzerland, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur for 'anti-ageing' therapy using sheep stem cells for the last 10 years.

Is there really no harm done using patients as guinea pigs? Or such therapies are unproven to be effective?

http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/S ... 73626.html

http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/S ... 73628.html

http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Stor ... 73630.html
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Hot Chilly
 Post subject: Re: Ethics of the medical profession
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:34 am 
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More stories on doctors who have strayed and flouted the law and ethnical issues :

http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20091015-173895.html

http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20091016-174093.html

http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20091016-174093/2.html
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orange blossom
 Post subject: How strict shoudl medical professional council?
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:40 am 
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Are Singapore Medical Council and authorities are strict on some doctors who have fallen out of line but others are only given a light slap on the wrist or not even a ant's bite?

Doctors in Australia and many western countries often have to face legal suits by patients who demand for hefty compensation, sometimes unreasonably. Yet, Australian professional bodies are sometimes too lenient towards their members. What do you know? The medical tribunal did not act on the vast majority of the complaints and cases investigated. The breakdown in information sharing and coordination of the public service has compounded the problems and allowed culprits to continue their wrongdoings. I'm sure the victims of these unethical and psycho doctors would appreciate more state intervention to impose strict guidelines and punish professionals in the likes of the "butcher of Bega" who mutilated and sexually abused 500 women under his care.

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Since 2003, the HCCC has referred 104 doctors to the Medical Tribunal but only six related to medical mistreatment, an investigation by The Daily Telegraph has revealed. Most involved over-prescription or misuse of drugs or having sex with patients.

Other cases where doctors have continued to practise include a doctor jailed for possessing child pornography, another jailed for having an arsenal of unregistered firearms and one who performed botched circumcisions on babies.

Medical Error Action Group founder Lorraine Long accused the HCCC and Medical Tribunal of taking the easy option.

"It's incredibly difficult to get a decision that will get rid of the doctor," she said.

"We advise victims not to go to the Medical Board. Go to us or go to the police. They (the Medical Board) are more worried about their reputation than the patient."


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23277079-5006784,00.html
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