“Medicolegally, passing out sick notes to anyone (much less strikers walking by) implies the creation of a physician-patient relationship. This means, for example, that it could be construed that you are legally responsible for any medical issues related to said relationship. In Florida, and presumably in WI, you must have an official medical record for all patients that you evaluate and care for. Technically, my writing an antibiotic prescription for my child’s ear infection is forbidden if I don’t have a record kept on file documenting an examination and treatment plan.
There is no doubt that ethically, and presumably legally, the MDs in Madison are committing multiple violations of their regulations in order to further a political goal...”
The obvious answer is to have someone go get one of those notes, then "get really sick" and sue the doctor for malpractice. If they claim to have treated them but don't have any records....WOW
Know anyone with a chronic illness near Madison?
Very creative thinking. I wish someone WOULD go for it. Those liberal lefties need to have the doctor be worth something, though.
I see plenty of them on TV.
All infected with Liberalism.
“The obvious answer is to have someone go get one of those notes, then “get really sick” and sue the doctor for malpractice. If they claim to have treated them but don’t have any records....WOW
Know anyone with a chronic illness near Madison?”
—I like it.
Somebody pointed out that Dr. Lou Sanner, one of the doctors handing out the notes had claimed that the people receiving the notes were “suffering from stress”, but, “In the few seconds this doctor spends with his newly found “patients,” he can’t possibly pretend to know if they are suffering from any kind of stress! Dr. Sanner is not a psychologist or psychiatrist. He is a family practitioner in Madison.”
Adding that point to your point about chronic illnesses, you could make the argument that stress that is serious enough to warrant individuals to stay home from work- which may be for weeks or months (if the Dems don’t come back)- should require a thorough examination.
Stress can lead to all kinds of serious problems like heart disease, stroke, etc., and the doctors should have been educating the public about that. It’s not some kind of laughing matter, really- and any reputable doctor should know that- you don’t simply hand somebody a “sick note” after speaking to them for a few seconds and send them home...