X-rays or Strip Search? -Reply -Reply -Reply

[Michael S Ford <MFORD@pantex.com>]

James,     you and I can probably agree to disagree on this....

What I would find unethical would be to allow a suspected
balloon-ingesting drug smuggler a free pass into our country to add
to the existing drug problems.  Wouldn't the dose from the
abdominal x-ray pale in comparison to the potential health effects
(e.g., deaths) from the heroin (or other) doses the person may be
carrying in their GIT?

Would an abdominal x-ray violate the Hippocratic oath in this
instance? (Hypothetical question)

Have a great Friday!
v/r
Michael
mford@pantex.com

>>> James Huesgen  wrote on Fri 4 Dec 98  7:07 >>>
... Aside from the dose assessments and risk analysis which seem
to predominate the discussion has anyone considered that it is, at
the least, unethical and probably illegal to expose any person to a
medical x-ray beam without the express direction of a physician.  As
a health care professional, were I asked to do so, I would politely but
firmly decline.

James Huesgen
RT(R), MPA
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