tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post6629900176168202881..comments2024-02-29T01:43:23.900-05:00Comments on Women's Bioethics Blog: Primum non Nocere - Army physicians serve bureaucracy instead of veteransLinda MacDonald Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378544626277000243noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post-88575897918184703832008-07-23T12:29:00.000-04:002008-07-23T12:29:00.000-04:00I taught a class in healthcare ethics recently, an...I taught a class in healthcare ethics recently, and one of the students did a presentation on this issue. He interviewed several soldiers who said that they and their families had been browbeaten in an effort to get them to sign away their rights; that sometimes, physicians were involved in these efforts; that soldiers were asked to read and sign legally binding documents while they were not mentally competent or accompanied by family; and that some who applied for help for PTSD were told that they'd been classified as having a pre-existing personality disorder and so were not eligible. It was incredible to me, and not incredible, all at the same time. But I agree--why hasn't there been some kind of formal inquiry into such allegations?!Sue Trinidadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607124236112450990noreply@blogger.com