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procon

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4. Company policy not withstanding,

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 04:13 PM

Jul 2014

they had an obligation to protect their employees and patients, but they clearly failed to install adequate measures to minimize the risks. However, the doctor was bound by the Hippocratic Oath, and if he so feared for his safety to the extent of arming himself at work, he should have quit.

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What action should this hospital take? [View all] sarisataka Jul 2014 OP

lose...not loose. nt Rex Jul 2014 #1

Depends. What does their policy say? Xithras Jul 2014 #2

^^^ This. Iggo Jul 2014 #7

Shoot the doctor LiberalEsto Jul 2014 #3

Doesn't he get credit sarisataka Jul 2014 #11

Company policy not withstanding, procon Jul 2014 #4

Everyone involved has been through enough already. conservaphobe Jul 2014 #5

My thoughts exactly Aerows Jul 2014 #6

+100 smirkymonkey Jul 2014 #8

doctor saved lives Niceguy1 Jul 2014 #9

How many countless occasions did he put his patients and staff at risk before this event? Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #10

0 times Reter Jul 2014 #15

The doctor undoubtedly violated hospital policy... NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #12

What does their policy state about how they enforce their policy? JVS Jul 2014 #13

The sign didn't stop the psychiatric outpatient Reter Jul 2014 #14