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Bill: Medical Responsibility
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tuesday Is Coming
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2093
Description[?]:
| Realizing that doctors have the ability to either harm or heal, we propose that they be held accountable for their actions, both good and bad. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Malpractice suits.
Old value:: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors only if death occurs.
Current: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Proposed: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:10:25, August 07, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Medical Responsibility |
| Message | How do you prevent malicious prosecution. The woman goes to a doctor, he tells her that she has to lose weight before he will perform the cosmetic surgery, so she sues him. ((The options are horrible though. I am going to suggest an option that malpractice prosecutions can only be brought with the support of other medical doctors. As it stands this is the best option.)) |
| Date | 19:21:19, August 07, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Medical Responsibility |
| Message | all those options are terrible. The present calue seems like the least bad. |
| Date | 20:52:55, August 07, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Medical Responsibility |
| Message | I agree that fraud is possible. However, at the moment, I see this option as the lesser of two evils. If death occurs, obviously someone should pay if they are responsible for it. But what if someone becomes paralyzed? What if they sustain brain damage? There are many possible scenarios that are very bad, but not fatal... |
| Date | 02:22:36, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Medical Responsibility |
| Message | I feel this could have grievous implications for the medical profession. Doctors may grow so scared of being found to have committed a 'malpractice' that they may simply give up being doctors and move onto a profession where they are less likely to face civil/criminal legal action for misinterpreted mistakes. I believe the best way for doctors to be held accountable is through the creation of professional boards who would hold an enquiry on the conduct of a doctor if their employer or the family of a victim feel it is necessary. This board should be empowered to deprive doctors of their license if they are found to have committed a malpractice. This way, doctors are 'tried' by their professional peers who have a far greater understanding of medical procedure than the law courts will. Thus I oppose. |
| Date | 02:32:36, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Medical Responsibility |
| Message | We will support, but if new options appear, we reserve the right to propse a change. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 149 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 301 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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