Re: A question of ethics

["Mike Bohan" <mike.bohan@yale.edu>]

        Reply to:   RE>A question of ethics

Oh great, another bureaucracy ..."The Federal Bureau of Medical/Nuclear
Education".  

We all want cheaper, better and free medical care and now we're going to add
nuclear physics education on top?  Now I know why the hospital is after me to
become a "Multidisiplinary Medical Care Provider".  

Yuk! Yuk!, Just kidding...

Mike Bohan
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Date: 24/06/96 11:46 AM
To: Mike Bohan
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
---SNIP----
And here is where I'd like to make my pitch.

Let's have the federal government require all risks of medical radiation
exposure to be fully explained to every nuclear medicine and radiology
patient.  That would be millions of people educated about radiation risks.
We might be able to have the medical profession do what the rest of us have
not been able to do, namely: educate the public about radiation risks.  In
addition, the law could require recording the dose and reporting it to
Congress and the public.  Then the public could see where the majority of
their non-natural background exposure comes from.  Any thoughts about this
idea?  If you agree, how do we get the appropriate law passed?  Al Tschaeche
xat@inel.gov
Al  Tschaeche xat@inel.gov phone: 208-526-3383, fax: 208-526-7291


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