Originally posted by MarkJerling I learn, again, that the law sometimes is an ass.
Although this is true- there have been and still are many restrictive bad laws, and it takes many years of wrangling through the courts to get them overturned and be free from them, you can relax when it comes to this.
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Originally posted by MarkJerling The patient is no more "in charge" than the linoleum. The surgeon is in charge and will soon tell you what you can and can't do in his/her theatre. The next person I would listen to would be the senior OR nurse.
I've been in enough operating theatres (either as an observer, designer or a patient) to know who's in charge and it's never the patient!
This is the reality for the reasons given by Denver. I am retired from 32 years in the Michigan Court System. I have never encountered even an attempt to present a legal basis for an argument otherwise. The patient certainly is the employer/customer, and is in charge as to whether the operation or procedure should take place at all. Once agreed to, that patient is not in charge as to the particulars of how the procedure is done, or how the operating room is run, unless there are options that are beforehand stipulated to between the patient and doctor.
Matters like birth photography, the father "cutting the cord", etc. are apparently sometimes offered as a courtesy to the family, and also for PR, when it is done in a way that conforms to safety and a smoothly-run procedure, at the discretion of the physician in charge.
Last edited by mikesbike; 07-16-2021 at 06:16 PM.