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Bill: Patients' Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Peoples' Fist Party
Status[?]: passed
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: August 2511
Description[?]:
| In the event of a death, a person should have the right to file a lawsuit against the careless doctor. This would be restricted to situations where it would have been an operation or other situation where survival is better than an 85% chance. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Malpractice suits.
Old value:: Only a medical regulatory body can prosecute a doctor for malpractice.
Current: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Proposed: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors only if death occurs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:59:59, January 03, 2008 CET | From |  Classic Liberal Party | To | Debating the Patients' Rights Act |
| Message | How can a dead person file a lawsuit? |
| Date | 00:32:20, January 04, 2008 CET | From | Peoples' Fist Party | To | Debating the Patients' Rights Act |
| Message | It is intended for the families, in order to get some closure, peace of mind and financial assistance. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 226 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 34 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "The best politics is right action." - Mahatma Gandhi |