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Sun Nov 5 22:26:36 GMT 2006

Doug,

I know what you are saying  - but then again, we are NOT shrinks.  That
gives us the advantage of being fairly sane, which gives us the ability
to use our best judgement.  And THAT gives us the ability to see that a
patient with this history cannot, under any stretch of the imagination,
be considered capable of mentating to the point of compentency for the
purpose of deciding what is in his best interest at this time.  Short
story - transport regardless of what the patient says, and worry about
the consequenses later.  Rest assured that if he died 'cause he
herniated, your butt would be there for all to chew on.  So, as I see
it, I would be happy to have some dumb-ass lawyer try to accuse me of
kidnapping or assault. At least I could look at myself in the mirror
each morning and know that I did the right thing.

Ron

>>> "Doug Condit Jr" <thoracicsurgpa at msn.com> 11/05/06 4:30 PM >>>

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