Medical Association Sends Janet a Love Note...
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Medical Association Demands Disclosure in Elian Case
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April 30, 2000
WASHINGTON - Concern about the possible bias and conflict-of-interest of
government-appointed physicians in the Elian Gonzalez case has prompted
the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) to ask the
Department of Justice and the INS to disclose the names and backgrounds of
all government- appointed medical personnel involved in the treatment or
evaluation of the boy, including psychiatrists and psychologists.
In a letter today to Attorney General, Janet Reno, and INS Commission, Doris
Meissner, AAPS Executive Director Jane M. Orient, M.D., writes:
"We are extremely concerned about Elian's physical and emotional well-being.
Based on the experience of the past two weeks, we're not confident that the
glowing reports from anonymous government doctors of the boy's easy
adjustment following a traumatic seizure at gunpoint are indeed, unbiased, or
for that matter, first-hand."
AAPS is concerned that physicians are being used as propaganda pawns in a
political game. Dr. Orient points to the recent INS appointment of Dr. Irwin
Redlener -- a well-known pediatrician with longstanding political ties to
President Clinton and the First Lady.
"We are appalled that the Department of Justice and the INS may have relied
on the armchair diagnosis of an Administration operative in making their
decision to go ahead with a frightening raid in the dark."
Government documents obtained by AAPS from the 1993 lawsuit, AAPS v.
Hillary Clinton show that Dr. Redlener was not only chair of one of the
workgroups of the President's Health Care Task Force, but also an outspoken
political supporter of the First Lady's policies for socialized national health
care.
"We cannot tolerate the specter of any more physicians putting their political or
professional interests ahead of the safety of this child. If there is any more
conflict-of-interest apparent on the medical and psychological team, we need
to know. The government should make immediate, full disclosure."
"This important case demands to be attended by unbiased experts, and Elian
deserves hands-on treatment, not more armchair diagnosis for propaganda
purposes," concludes the letter.
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