"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:B. Lafferty said:Quoted message said:>
> Let me ask you this. HGH administered to healthy people has been
> show to have and immediate effect on the left ventricle of the heart
> greatly increasing the risk of heart attack and death. If the good
doctorQuoted message said:Quoted message said:> recommended the use of hgh, as he apparently did according to the
> testimony at the trail, then the good doctor has quite possibly helped
> to cause the death cyclists or at the very least put them at risk.[and]
Quoted message said:
http://www.endocrine-society.gr/hormones/pdf/1_2004/teyx37-45.pdf Take
a look at page 41 under 2.Side effects of GH abuse.Quoted message said:If a physician prescribed hgh for a healthy individual not in medical
need of hgh, that would be unethical, illegal and a criminal offense in
all jurisdictions that I'm aware of. In as much as Ferrari was found
guilty, I would assume the same under Italian law. It amounts to
malpractice under our civil law.Would it be considered malpractice under our civil law if, at the time
that a particular therapy was administered, a physician did not know that
it would be dangerous?
There is a great deal of case law on this topic. I think that the answer is
generally no, if the physician acted under the best knowledge and medical
standards of the day. But it really is a complex area that intersects with
product liability.
Quoted message said:Just wondering. I would have thought malpractice
meant something different.
Malpractice is a form of negligence. The law is complex and varies a bit
from state to state.