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On page 14 of the archived American College of Radiology Bulletin from September, 2015, one can find this fascinating cover story for that month, pointed out to me by a radiologist friend of mine out on the porch enjoying a fire at sunset one recent night with some fine single malt.
http://www.acr.org/~/media/ACR/Documents/PDF/Pubs/Bulletin Archive/2015/September 2015.pdf
My friend was wondering aloud about the most acceptable, least threatening way to direct a patient's attention, for instance, to a tumor on their left ovary if the patient was a transgendered male who would be "injured" and would probably sue for damages from the trauma of hearing the word "ovary " used to refer to this organ, since only women had ovaries.
My doctor friend's initial conclusion that evening was that he would need to ask the man what he thought the organ should be called before talking of the tumor.
After a bit more Scotch he decided he would simply call it an ovary, and use the resultant charges, and lawsuit, and sanctions against his professional license as an occasion to retire early.
The next day, though, when he was sober, he still thought the early retirement plan a good one, but not with the lawsuits and such, and he simply started taking steps to do so, the first of which was to cancel his membership and get a refund on his ACR dues.
One small step for my friend, one giant leap for the collapse of society!
http://www.acr.org/~/media/ACR/Documents/PDF/Pubs/Bulletin Archive/2015/September 2015.pdf
My friend was wondering aloud about the most acceptable, least threatening way to direct a patient's attention, for instance, to a tumor on their left ovary if the patient was a transgendered male who would be "injured" and would probably sue for damages from the trauma of hearing the word "ovary " used to refer to this organ, since only women had ovaries.
My doctor friend's initial conclusion that evening was that he would need to ask the man what he thought the organ should be called before talking of the tumor.
After a bit more Scotch he decided he would simply call it an ovary, and use the resultant charges, and lawsuit, and sanctions against his professional license as an occasion to retire early.
The next day, though, when he was sober, he still thought the early retirement plan a good one, but not with the lawsuits and such, and he simply started taking steps to do so, the first of which was to cancel his membership and get a refund on his ACR dues.
One small step for my friend, one giant leap for the collapse of society!