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Our Hands Are Tied: Legal Tensions and Medical Ethics

By: Marshall B. Kapp | Book details

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other defensive practices] for legal reasons is unethical and does not necessarily prevent malpractice suits. Physicians must resist these pressures. (p. 414)


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These sentiments also apply to perceived regulatory intrusions, such as federal provisions criminalizing Medicare / Medicaid fraud and abuse. The head of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a libertarian fringe of the medical profession, has written ( Orient, 1994): "One cardiac surgeon stated that he would no longer use stents to keep coronary arteries open in Medicare patients. He is not willing to risk his career. Instead he will perform open-heart surgery on these patients, a much more invasive procedure."

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