Comments on: Beast, Dr. Mid-Nite, and the American Medical Association

By: Edgy DC

Edgy DC — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:13:31 +0000

This is a semantic issue. What Dr. McCoy is saying is “I could, in theory, get kicked out of the AMA, if I was a member. I’m not, but I none-the-less admire their mission and take their standards quite seriously.”

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:22:29 +0000

Isn’t it a crime to practice medicine without a license? I can’t imagine California (?) allowing Hank to treat patients without an MD, no matter how many PhDs he has. I think even a medical researcher wouldn’t necessarily be allowed, if they had an MD/PhD, but hadn’t done an internship or whatnot.

Also, I would think Hank would be more worried about the ethical implications of confidentiality, rather than how much trouble he will or won’t get into. It’s hard to think of him as someone who will do something unethical, as long as he thinks he’ll get away with it.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:13:52 +0000

I don’t normally nitpick (he lied) but I wanted to point out that in this context the word is “canon”, not “cannon”.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:02:56 +0000

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law that, among other things, addresses patient confidentiality. Failure to comply with HIPAA results in huge fines.

By: Nick F.

Nick F. — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:45:24 +0000

Now I have thoughts of Hippo police running around Marvel’s universe….

HIPPA is what exactly?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:23:39 +0000

Ahhh. Missed the alt text. Nice.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:21:14 +0000

Joe,
That thought crossed my mind as well. Check out the ALT text for that image…

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:12:01 +0000

AMA? What Beast really needs to worry about is the HIPPA police…