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Article #64122Re: Opting Out
From: Tony Buckland
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 22:26
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 22:26
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In article <NiBoRB1w164w@oneb.almanac.bc.ca> bhawker@oneb.almanac.bc.ca writes: >Yesterday I came across a new wrinkle to the opting out story. I visited >my medical clinic in Nanaimo where several doctors hang their shingle. >On the door at the entrance, a sign was posted to let their patients know >that although none of the doctors there have "opted out", they were >at least sympathetic to the cause and therefore would NOT treat any >patients who were transferring from doctors who have opted out. ... No sweat, just lie about who your last doctor was. Unless the opters-out break medical ethics and broadcast your record to the whole local medical community, the lie won't be penetrated. A lot of hassle giving your whole medical history afresh, and of course more drain on the medical budget. In case you're wondering, I'm a moral man, and two of my highest values are life and truth; I don't at all appreciate being put in a situation where I might have to rate one above the other.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,dbb749c2386b1f59 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-09-25 11:16:50 PST Newsgroups: bc.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!xenitec!van-bc!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!buckland From: buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) Subject: Re: Opting Out Message-ID: <1992Sep25.222630.27047@unixg.ubc.ca> Keywords: new wrinkle Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Nntp-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca Organization: University of B.C. Computing Services References: <NiBoRB1w164w@oneb.almanac.bc.ca> Distribution: can Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 22:26:30 GMT Lines: 16