• foggy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I got a question!

    How did forcing the doctors who knew you were in the midst of a sensitive medical situation not get forced into violating their hypocratic oath?

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      1 year ago

      So, a couple of things… Kaiser is a membership hospital, if you aren't a member, you don't get in and as of 1/1/2019, I wasn't a member anymore. :(

      There is this thing called "Continuity of Care" but that only applies for services I had under the old hospital that aren't available under the new one.

      Because the new hospital DOES have a cardiac department, continuity of care didn't apply.

      Lastly, the Hippocratic Oath is largely a myth. ;)

      https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-myth-of-the-hippocratic-oath-201511258447

      "According to a 1989 survey, barely half of U.S. medical schools used any form of the Hippocratic Oath and only 2% used the original. In a 2011 study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, about 80% of practicing physicians reported participating in an oath ceremony, but only a quarter felt that the oath significantly affected how they practiced."