Comments on: Saudi Arabia Sentences Doctor to 1500 Lashes and 15 Years in Prison — For Malpractice on Saudi Princess http://jonathanturley.org/2008/11/12/saudi-arabia-sentenced-doctor-to-1500-lashes-and-15-years-in-prison-for-malpractice-on-saudi-princess/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:05:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mike Spindell http://jonathanturley.org/2008/11/12/saudi-arabia-sentenced-doctor-to-1500-lashes-and-15-years-in-prison-for-malpractice-on-saudi-princess/#comment-28581 Mike Spindell Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:55:18 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=5404#comment-28581 "The fault, it appears, of a royal family member being a drug addict is the doctor’s alone, not both the patient and the physician." Couldn't we envision some 14th Century court issuing a similar ruling? While I do believe that cultural diversity is important and that it is not the US's job to interfere with other countries, by the same token allying with such medieval regimes in the name of national self interest, makes us in some sense complicit. “The fault, it appears, of a royal family member being a drug addict is the doctor’s alone, not both the patient and the physician.”

Couldn’t we envision some 14th Century court issuing a similar ruling? While I do believe that cultural diversity is important and that it is not the US’s job to interfere with other countries, by the same token allying with such medieval regimes in the name of national self interest, makes us in some sense complicit.

]]> By: seamus http://jonathanturley.org/2008/11/12/saudi-arabia-sentenced-doctor-to-1500-lashes-and-15-years-in-prison-for-malpractice-on-saudi-princess/#comment-28532 seamus Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:07:34 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=5404#comment-28532 I think the Republicans might actually get behind tort reform if the result looked something like this. Atleast the lawyers are taken out of the picture. The more "OBGYN's could spread their love across the nation" I think the Republicans might actually get behind tort reform if the result looked something like this. Atleast the lawyers are taken out of the picture. The more “OBGYN’s could spread their love across the nation”

]]> By: Buddha Is Laughing http://jonathanturley.org/2008/11/12/saudi-arabia-sentenced-doctor-to-1500-lashes-and-15-years-in-prison-for-malpractice-on-saudi-princess/#comment-28521 Buddha Is Laughing Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:11:49 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=5404#comment-28521 Our civilized allies? Our civilized allies?

]]> By: rafflaw http://jonathanturley.org/2008/11/12/saudi-arabia-sentenced-doctor-to-1500-lashes-and-15-years-in-prison-for-malpractice-on-saudi-princess/#comment-28517 rafflaw Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:56:17 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=5404#comment-28517 That is one hell of a malpractice punishment. Maybe the parents of that child that had a dentist do a breast reduction on her should recommend this kind of punishment in their malpractice case. Obviously, this is one more example of the brutality of the Saudi royal family. This same family has been a "friend" of the Bush administration and yet it is one of the more oppresive regimes in the world. It is especially interesting to read about the penalty that was received from the appeal court. That kind of penalty by the appeals court will be a prime example to other Saudi's that the appeals process is a charade. That is one hell of a malpractice punishment. Maybe the parents of that child that had a dentist do a breast reduction on her should recommend this kind of punishment in their malpractice case. Obviously, this is one more example of the brutality of the Saudi royal family. This same family has been a “friend” of the Bush administration and yet it is one of the more oppresive regimes in the world. It is especially interesting to read about the penalty that was received from the appeal court. That kind of penalty by the appeals court will be a prime example to other Saudi’s that the appeals process is a charade.

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