| Trading scandal diverts attention from Société Générale's subprime ...
I am reading about this scandal, and I am suprised about the outcome for this investigation. The bootom-line isMr. Kerviel has no guilty mind, consequently no crime committed by suspect. The Bank- Society General- has duty to shareholders to do everything to make sure to not losing any money. I am hoping the french law has the same international legal concept:if no guilty mind it is no crime, like-nullum crimen sine lege ! Maximum:Mr, Kerviel fired from the job as trader ! Sincerely, dr. Karoly Pekala international lawyer from San Francisco .
Doctors commonly enlist the power of placebos
In a 1997 Canadian study of benign enlargement of the prostate gland, more than half of the men who received a placebo tablet not only felt better, but showed physical improvement such as easier urination. Participants given the placebo also complained of negative side effects, such as impotence and nausea. This is known as the "nocebo" effect. A 2002 U.S. study followed 180 patients with knee pain. Some underwent surgery and some received simulated surgery - small incisions were made but they weren't actually operated on. There was no difference between the two groups in terms of pain relief and knee function. A 2005 study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that fake acupuncture - inserting needles shallowly and at random - works just as well as real acupuncture at relieving migraines.
When a Murderer Wants to Practice Medicine
Integrity and trust are the core of the patient-doctor relationship. Any erosion of them could harm the healing process. How many patients would feel comfortable being put to sleep by an anesthesiologist who once murdered? Most medical institutions do not want murderers in their midst. How many patients would go to a hospital where a doctor was a convicted murderer? How many doctors and nurses would feel comfortable on the same team as a murderer, particularly a perpetrator of a hate crime against one's own group? The Swedish case is extraordinary, of course. But it poses questions that resonate far beyond the prestigious Karolinska Institute, where the murderer, Karl Helge Hampus Svensson, 31, began medical school last year.
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