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To: Lane3 who wrote (134265)	8/24/2005 7:49:41 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793963

What if he refuses and than they yank his license. It will be interesting to see if he takes it that far. I imagine that he might cave if he actually faces losing the license. But what I meant by the question was, would you than consider it a legal matter? (Side note on grammar and punctuation. If should that last sentence end in with a question mark? Is it a statement not a question? Does anyone care :) Reminds me of Michael Graham who got fired from WMAL for refusing to smooth things over, not for what he said that triggered the incident. But getting fired is not a legal matter. Michael Graham can go in to business for himself or try to find someone else to hire him. He isn't locked out of his profession. Sort of like getting impeached for telling a lie rather than for what one lied about. Not really very much like that. Perjury is a crime. (Definitely a legal matter, in fact its a crime only because it is a legal matter, ordinary lying is not a crime) Also in this case the doctor faces possible punishment for the original crime. Apology, or sensitivity training might be allowed instead of official punishment but the "crime" is the original action. Tim

To: Lane3 who wrote (134265)	8/24/2005 7:56:37 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793963

The story was just on FOX-- no additional facts: He said she was fat. She got mad and reported it. He said it was his job to tell her about the health risks, but apologized for hurting her feelings. The apology makes me think he may have said some things that were a little non-medically blunt, but gosh, the apology really should be enough. I can't believe they would yank his license or do anything serious for that. When our younger son was 4 months old, we took him to the ER one night for projectile vomiting and in obvious pain. He was diagnosed with possible intussusception and rushed to Children's Medical in Dallas for possible surgery. After a grueling few hours where we watched out poor infant be stuck, pumped full of barium and crucified on a bar for xrays, the surgeon came out to us and said in a rude voice, "I don;t know why they woke me up at 3 am for this. If he had it, it's gone now." And he walked out. We felt so-- guilty! Like we should have apologized for our son. Imagine getting sick at midnight. Where were Ammo's manners! Well, ok, we didn't really feel guilty. Some doctors could use a little bedside manner training.