• Lvxferre
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    25 days ago

    [Warning: I’m no lawyer, nor doctor] It depends on the country. At least in Brazil this wouldn’t roll:

    • Article 135 of the Penal Code - demands you to render aid to people under grave danger, as long as it won’t incur in risk for you. That applies to everyone, not just doctors, but if you’re a doctor it becomes really hard to explain why you didn’t render aid.
    • Article 33 of the Medical Ethics Code - forces the doctor to render aid to someone seeking urgent or emergent professional care, when there’s no other doctor in a position to do so. Note that failure to follow ethics codes can make a professional unable to exert their profession legally.