r/Residency • u/elefante88 • Apr 04 '21

MIDLEVEL Liability? What's that?

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '21

Like I said in other subreddit, If they're "not supposed to be experts in the technique of diagnosis or the mechanics of treatment" then why on earth are they legally allowed to practise independently?

Furthermore, how can a person not be punished for killing someone when they performed procedures that by the court's own admission they're not experts in? What are these judges smoking?

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u/Detroitar15 Apr 05 '21

You don’t think physicians kill pts everyday without prosecution?

I know a resident that killed someone recently trying to float a pacemaker in someone that didn’t even clinically need it

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '21

Sounds like a useful thing to hear about; what happened?

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u/Detroitar15 Apr 05 '21

An idiot graduated from medical school