With the new admission system, it was somehow decided that the names of the in-charge medical officer and physician would be put black-and-white on a card next to the bed of the patient. Furthermore, all patients would receive - upon admission - a piece of paper with the names of those responsible doctors.
That created a major hiccup - so much so our man from Chaozhou hurried to take it away the next day after the policy took effect.
Is that appropriate ? I received this email the next day:
"To me, disclosing the name of doctor / physician is never an issue. Why should we hide from them? I remember very well when the name chop system was introduced in our hospital; this chop simply reminds me to write in a decent and responsible manner (under the name chop of XXX). Can't really see any down side of it."
My reply was all too slippery:
"I'm not sure whether I need an opinion. It seems a conflict between ethical and political considerations, or an argument between the neocortex and the limbic system."
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the sooner that someone accepting we cannot make a silk purse out of pig's ear the better
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