Sen. Frist: putting the hypocrite in the Hypocritic Oath

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7235267

Frist views video, disputes Schiavo diagnosis

WASHINGTON - Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), a renowned heart surgeon before becoming Senate majority leader, went to the floor late Thursday night for the second time in 12 hours to argue that Florida doctors had erred in saying Terri Schiavo is in a "persistent vegetative state."

"I question it based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office," he said in a lengthy speech in which he quoted medical texts and standards. "She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli."

His comments raised eyebrows in medical and political circles alike. It is not every day that a high-profile physician relies on family videotapes to challenge the diagnosis of doctors who examined a severely brain-damaged patient in person.

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surgeon? I never heard of him before he started kissing Bush's butt.
I would think that neurologists looking at her in person, and examining EEG's and brain scans would be in a better position to make that judgment than an ex-heart surgeon looking at 4 year-old editted video tapes.
What an a**hole.

see at those. lol lol lol. i dont want that dude to be going into my heart. that is for sure.

linking the Hippocratic oath (named for Hippocrates) with hypocrasy or hypocrites. We can do better than that. Words count.

He can diagnose a patient instantly from videotape!