lawrocket 3 #1 January 8, 2010 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100108/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson_doctor The reason is that there is the allegation that the treatment was a gross deviation from the medical standard of care. I will be following this closely. However, I will no follow this for the star value - there are legitimate and broadly sweeping issues that will be found in this. Medicine is such a different beast. Most think that if a skydiver dies the parachute must not have opened. Similarly, if a patient dies then the doctor must have done something wrong. This is not true. The "standard of care" is an interesting beast. It asks whether a physician of proper training would have found it appropriate to act similarly. This is often on a case-by-case basis. We've got Michael Jackson here. This is a guy who was, by all accounts, pretty darn loony. It appears that he had longstanding issues with addiction, anxiety, insomnia, etc. The guy was an absolute mess. He was also a big star and a big mess with a big supply of cash. Dr. Feelgood is a well-known figure to the rich and famous. The original Dr. Feelgood was a New York Physician by the name of Max Jacobsen - who really became well-known for loading JFK up[ with amphetamines to keep him going. Take a look at Elvis, Anna Nicole Smith, Marilyn Monroe (a Dr. Jacobsen client), etc. Michael Jackson had apparently taken a massive number of drugs for a very long time. Enter Dr. Murray about a month before Jackson died. The question, in my mind, is what the fuck is he supposed to do? Jacko may have been the most chemically dependent individual on the damned planet! Short of a hospitalization, inducing a coma and weaning him off of drugs in ICU for 6 weeks, there was probably little than could be done but maintenance. (Note - Jacko would have had to consent to such a treatment). How should a physician treat the sick? This was a doctor treating a new patient who had been enabled for years/decades into a psychologically AND physically dependent mess. What does a doctor do? What is the standard of care in dealing with a person in his condition? And - where does medical judgment come in? I'm very interested in these developments because I actually feel kinda bad for this doctor. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
captain1976 0 #2 January 9, 2010 Doctors kill people every day with impunity while administering drugs and medicine. (my dear Father included). Get a big name in the picture and out comes the prosecutors like flies on shit. Political grandstanding to make a name for themselves is the typical of this vermin.You live more in the few minutes of skydiving than many people live in their lifetime Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
