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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Re: unlicensed practice of medicine
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 00:14:32 EDT
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> > 
> > If I wanted to entrust my broken arm to you, and you were willing
> > to accept the job of fixing it but didn't have a piece of paper,
> > so what? If I have faith in you why can't I let you do it? If you
> > screw it up its my fault for going to you and not a licensed doctor
> > but why don't I have the liberty to pick whomever I wish??

	It is not illegal to seek medical care from a non-licensed "healer".
It is only illegal to offer to GIVE medical care without benefit of a license.

	The question I have is 'Why would you even WANT to entrust your broken
arm to an unlicensed practitioner?'  Without even being a board certified
Orthopedist, I can think of at least a dozen complications of a broken arm
that could cripple one for life or even kill. A license is just a form of
consumer protection, nothing more.
-- 

				Craig Werner
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		"The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"