Dear Adrian
I had not realised there were moderators for this forum - can you please
inform me who they are and how the list is regulated by them. I wasn't aware
of the process of self appointed censorship in this forum.
Injury prevention is a topic too lightly dismissed but can be effective e.g.
the recognition of accident hot spots and then contacting road safety
officers and police to effect change. I've been a meanie and several sets of
very elevated monkey bars have been removed from local playgrounds so
diminisihing the number of supracondylar fractures from those post code
areas.
Have you thought about a futon in the middle of the room - all sides are
user friendly!
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Fogarty
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 20/07/2002 01:00
Subject: Re: Duty of care?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Hughes"
> it addresses whether or
> not we have wider responsibilities outside of our departments. I dont
> think we do over and above anyone else's. In other words, one's duties
> are those of any other member of the public to assist with upholding
the
> law.
Precisely, which is why I feel this case was not relevant to a medical
list.
I can understand our interest in generic medical issues such as; do
airbags
cause more harm than good? how do you deal with 14 year-olds who are
intoxicated in your department etc etc? We see such cases regularly, the
former being of academic interest, the latter much more pragmatic. But
this
particular case was highly idiosyncratic - I can't remember ever seeing
a
child injured as its father was showing off on his motorbike riding over
speedbumps, and if I ever do it'll probably be the first and last time
in my
career. Furthermore the case debated occured purely in the public arena,
rather than after the event if and when the child pitched up in hospital
(which might then be relevant). So debating this matter struck me as a
rather bizarre use of time and bandwidth on a medical list. It seemed
particularly inopportune given that only days before some contributors
to
the list were complaining about the relevance of discussing alcohol
intoxication in our patients. But at least the latter is a recurring
problem
in our departments, unlike the case described. If I have concerns about
such
an idiosyncratic and non-medical situation, and I often do, then I'll
ask my
colleague/my partner/my "mother"! I would not ask the List.
Adrian Fogarty (still on wrong side of bed - will try again tomorrow)
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