Medicine - May 2007

If someone dies during surgery, and the surgery isn't even completed, should the doctor still charge the deceased loved ones the entire cost of the procedure? Or due to ethics, should they write off at the very least, the co-payment (the portion the insurance doesn't cover)

Furthermore, would the insurance even pay for a surgery if someone passes away during it? I would think they wouldn't. Well, then the life insurance policy (if they have one) would pay for it, I guess.

Secondly, what DO most doctors do? What SHOULD they do vs. What DO they do? Do they do what's ethical and write off the costs?

2007-05-14 14:02:34 · 9 answers · asked by xvnicolevx 2

2007-05-14 13:03:03 · 10 answers · asked by julyml95 1

Ok,If a surgical needle was left in a person,then they died,could the needleds propertys be identifyed ?say to prove it was there.The records state a needle was missing.Yet never found,my dad bleed internailly and had horrible abdomin pain untill death.Pleaae be frank and honest.

2007-05-14 12:53:25 · 4 answers · asked by Linda 1

2007-05-14 12:45:52 · 4 answers · asked by .::Princess::. 1

I believe I need it but don't want to go to the doctor just for a prescription. Is it legal to buy in the US without one or foreign countries. Thanks.

2007-05-14 12:40:52 · 4 answers · asked by Austin 1

What are the antibody/antigen interactions??

Assuming the kidney receives 25% of the blood pumped by the heart in a person at rest, how would this mistransfusion event affect the tiny capillaries of the kidney???

2007-05-14 11:56:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Together with other mutations that have made human beings supposedly "superior", a process so essential for survival of the species is still exceedingly primitive, unconfortable, painful and has hardly been affected by evolution.
Take away the hospital paraphernalia and all women are no better off than any other mammal.
What about some earnest scientific investigation to make coming into this crazy world less stressful for the offspring and the mother? I mean, it is rather horrifying to think something the size of a watermelon gets forced through a hole the size of an olive. What about all the blood and gore? you know, it is pretty tough to recover from all that for mother and child.
Ok, I know that is how it has been all these thousands of years but Geeezzzes does it have to carry on being like that?
That is one of the things that the guys dealing with the Human Genoma should look at. Economically speaking It is already a big dilema to decide to have a child.

2007-05-14 08:27:26 · 7 answers · asked by JusticeToAll 2

2007-05-14 08:08:15 · 2 answers · asked by kalanicole_07 1

2007-05-14 06:13:47 · 5 answers · asked by Trevor S 1

If I pass a Walmart drug test will I pass a job drug test?

I smoked about 5 days ago, but just a little bit.

2007-05-14 03:28:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a 2nd year Medical student, I want to become a cardiac surgeon, a really good one that is....

2007-05-14 03:28:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am having trouble staying awake, and I feel very hazy. Is there anything I can/should eat or do so I can survive the day!?

I took one pill for allergies - but I *never* take medication and I'm feeling very strange!

2007-05-14 03:20:16 · 6 answers · asked by jane 3

Some junkies steal medicines because of what they contain, how do they know which ones will have the desired affect?

2007-05-14 02:05:17 · 17 answers · asked by Yasmin H 3

What has god done lately? Is he working on a cure for cancer.. id doubt it..

Science is working on it.... please save ur church money and donate to a cause that is actually doing something practical from saving so many peoples lives...

2007-05-13 23:29:35 · 15 answers · asked by Chris C 1

Sources would be great.

2007-05-13 16:05:05 · 16 answers · asked by EF 2

Just if they did anything to help during this century

2007-05-13 16:03:49 · 4 answers · asked by Natalie M 1

I drank a bottle of STRIP Natural Cleanser, but I'm still nervous since I've never used this product before.

2007-05-13 14:26:06 · 16 answers · asked by jerry 1

ok 6True or False questions see how smart u r

just type "T' for true and "F" for false

1."Orphan" drugs are abandon by pharmaceutial companies because the drugs don't work well.

2. Diarrhea can kill people by causing severe dehydration

3. Symptoms of malaria include anemia and enlargement of the liver and spleen.

4.Diarrhea is caused by microbes that invade the intestines

5. Malaria is a mosquito-borne illness

6. The antibiotic paromomycin can be used to treat Malaria

2007-05-13 13:00:22 · 6 answers · asked by omgxitxme 2

that it would have pushed it up instead of controlling it. Please explain in laymans terms all you medical people out there.

Thanks a lot.

2007-05-13 07:39:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am taking medication an infection and something didn't seem right. I had been taking medication for about 3 days and the instructions say:: use 2 teaspoonfuls, swish and swirl four times a day for 2 weeks. But the problem is, the bottle is almost empty so we didn't think it would last 2 weeks, and there is no refills. So we called the doctor, and it turns out that the pharmacy gave us the wrong dosage per day. Could I sue? How much could I sue for? And under what circumstances?

2007-05-13 06:00:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

U know that comatosed patients with 4th degree coma(brain stem death) will never regain their concousness as they lost their higher respiratory functioning center, so they will stay on the ventilator for the rest of their lives, so in our country we have the right to terminate their lives by switching off the ventilators(life support devices) or deprivation of the cardiac muscle support( dopamine, adrenaline) , but after the consent of their family i.e if their family asked to as they cannot afford for the expenses of the ICU stay.....Now this issue is out confusing me as it is lately stired it up again in our country for organ donations issue from the clinically dead donors

Help me the pricking of conscience is killing me .. almost all the doctors r with this idea and consider them almost dead but i am a doctor with no doctor thinking .. Am i wrong or right?

2007-05-13 04:15:58 · 1 answers · asked by ♥ 3

Probably KK answers does not know that Our and Russian gimnasy is the best in world. Thank You care for Serbia !

2007-05-13 00:08:34 · 4 answers · asked by Ljiljana A 2

2007-05-12 20:12:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-12 16:37:33 · 3 answers · asked by Adam B 1

2007-05-12 15:31:38 · 9 answers · asked by miss 1

What would cause the body to tremble internally during an EKG that would lead the nursing team to believe the person was cold or nervous? In fact, the trembling is uncontrollable...They would keep asking to person to lay still...when they were not moving.

2007-05-12 13:30:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

how many years does it take to be a pharmacist?

2007-05-12 11:19:59 · 6 answers · asked by therealfreddy_p 3

im 21 years old, degree holder of marketing, but at sometime and somepoint of my life i fell like to study medicine because im very curiuos of my good sense in science specifically of the human body...whenever i encounter people who has health problems, i can easilly give comment or give diagnosis or give educated guess about their problem..i can easilly think what went wrong with their body..my family members would always have to wonder why i know those things,,,and so do i....i also wonder how can i comprehend easilly of science of human body when infact im not studying medicine...so folks i want to ask you that, is this good sense of human body of mine, a good reason for me to take up medicine????

2007-05-12 05:44:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My doctor has had me on Hydrochlorot 25mg for a year now....
my blood pressure went up again so she added Enalapril tab 5 mg.
Is it safe to take these together?

2007-05-12 05:33:18 · 5 answers · asked by wildangelc66 3

Im 15 years old and im looking to go into the medical field...specifically surgery. I know its going to take a lot of hard work and schooling which is why i would like to start studying now. My mom is a vet technician and has all these books that show the animal's muscles and bones that she needs to learn and i was wondering if they have that for humans like a site or book that would allow me to learn the bones and muscles of the human body. I have a great memory and i believe that by learning these early on will really help. Any ideas on this??

2007-05-12 03:04:19 · 5 answers · asked by melissaaaa 3