What Dr. Joseph Stothert said was not a boundary violation. It's as if our members have learned a buzz word and are applying it to anything a physician says that they do not agree with, without understanding the concept of a boundary violation. What Dr. Joseph Stothert did was not a boundary violation. In fact, his statements do not appear to be a HIPPA violation either.
I agree that many people speak authoratively about subjects they hold a rocky knowledge of, and in so doing, their lack of knowledge is displayed for all to see in their flawed arguments. Dr. Joseph Stothert's argument is flawed because he is unknowledgeable regarding firearms. His argument looks ignorant and silly to those of us here. If we present counter-arguments using boundary violations and HIPPA violations as our premise, then we had better understand boundary violations and HIPPA. If our premise is false, so is our argument, and it appears to be just as silly, ignorant, reactionary and ineffectual as Dr. Stothert's argument.
I'm attaching a photo of an expanded Black Talon bullet. Let's take a look at it.
You will note that jacket does have some very sharp protusions. Surgeons and scrubs do probe gunshot wound channels with fingers protected only by a couple of Bio-Gel gloves. There is always the risk of being lacerated. In reality though, the laceration risk is present with
any bullet, including round nose lead. Lacerations can occur with glass, metal shards, bone fragments, or any other hard and pointy object in the body. Black Talon bullets do not have a monopoly on this on the job hazard, and the removal of the Black Talon from the marketplace did not remove the danger from blind probing of wound channels.
I have never read or heard of any documented case of medical or emergency personnel being "stuck" by a Black Talon bullet. If there is a documented case, I would like it to be presented here.
Not all physicians are anti-gun or swayed by the politics of their professional organizations. Let's not condemn all physicians and other health care professionals here.
Visit
Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws to learn more. Don't be put off by the name of the group, read the
mission statement and a few of the searing letters they have written in opposition to the gun lobby's take-over of the AMA, the APA and the AAP. If you are a physician, nurse or other health care professional, consider
joining DSGL, and helping to fight the opposition among us in health care.
A Certified Public Accountant I know has stated that all doctors are charlatans, registered nurses are merely their lackeys, and that the entire medical profession is incompetent.
This is quite a statement. I assume the CPA is uniquely qualified to judge the professional competence of all health care professionals. His statements say more about him than anything else. If you believe him, your trust in his opinion is misguided and says quite a bit about yourself.
Now don't go claiming old Xavier is anti-gun and anti-RKBA. I think my record on gun issues pretty much speaks for itself. I think the care and service I provide for my patients speaks for my professional competence. I may make a mistake balancing my checkbook from time to time, but I would like to see a CPA assist with a total hip or knee before he calls me a charlatan surgeon's lackey.