Editor’s Note:

This is Not beating a dead horse after all- I think it’s pretty clear that it is certainly pretty inanimate and lifeless at this point- right? So it stands to reason that a dead horse obviously cant feel the frustration being laid upon it.

But it still remains right there there in front of us… Impossible to hide. A dead Equine in the middle of the road- with a lot of baggage not so easily buried or set aside from the view of the general public.

Sucks to be a horse- especially an abandoned one.

So let’s sidestep stupid metaphors for the moment and get down to brass tacks.

There is absolutely nothing elegant about lying overtly to a heart surgeon in the middle of a case- about a major fuck up. And then hiding behind a lie.

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Per AMSECT (The American Medical Society of Extracorporeal Technology)

CODE OF ETHICS

A code of ethics acknowledges a profession’s acceptance of the responsibility and trust conferred upon it by society and recognizes the internal obligations inherent in that trust. The following paragraphs delineate the standards governing the conduct of members in their professional interactions with patients, colleagues, other health professionals, and the general public. Realizing that no code can encompass all ethical responsibilities of the members, this enumeration of obligations in the code of ethics is not comprehensive and does not constitute a denial of the existence of other obligations, equally imperative and not explicitly mentioned herein. This code of ethics shall be binding on the members of this Society.

Canon 1

Members must uphold the dignity and honor of the profession, accept its disciplines

and expose without hesitation illegal, unethical and incompetent conduct

Interpretive Statements

• Members are part of a collaborative effort to deliver proper health care to the patient under the members’ care.
• The member has a personal, as well as a professional, obligation to protect and safeguard the patients from illegal and/or unethical actions or the incompetence of any person.
• The member must maintain personal integrity and establish the appropriate means to fully protect his freedom of conscience for the delivery of services to the patient.
• A member who demonstrates incompetence or illegal conduct as it pertains to this Code of Ethics shall be exposed to the proper authorities.

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