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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Credentials, State vs. private
Message-ID: <750@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 11:01:34 EDT
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In article <4297@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
> In a free society, if you wanted to know whether your doctor had
> gone to medical school, you would ask.  If you didn't get a
> satisfactory answer, you could go elsewhere.  The only role the
> government would play is that if the answer you got were a lie,
> you could press fraud charges.

When you are struck by a car, I will be happy to bring you to the nearest
medical practicioner I can find.  If he specializes in acupuncture or
voodoo, well, you should have asked.

The fact is, that people frequently need immediate medical attention, in
situations where we are coerced by circumstances, where we cannot practically
choose.  For those circumstances, I want regulation.  Either specific
certification for emergencies, or a more general regulation.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh